collective bargaining agreement contract between - Bureau of Indian ...

employee will be given ten (10) work days to request subsequent review by theappropriate Associate Deputy Director of that determination.(2) The Union and/or the employee will be given an opportunity to provide all evidence andstatements, as applicable, to the Associate Deputy Director either in person, by mail, orboth. The associate Deputy Director will review the determination and sustain thatdecision or overturn it. The employee and/or the Union will be notified of that decisionwithin fifteen (15) work days of the meeting, if requested, or receipt of the information ifa meeting was not requested. Failure to render a decision within that timeframe will notoverturn the prior determination.Section 5. Temporary PositionContract education employees will be moved to the pay level of temporary position within ten (10) workdays of assuming the duties of the position, if it is a higher-level position, and the employee is qualifiedas determined by Management (post audited by Human Resources). The pay will be retroactive to thefirst day of the position.Section 6. Vacation/Personal LeaveThe use of earned leave and compensatory time shall be considered a right, rather than a privilege,subject to work restrictions and management approval. Leave will be pre-credited to employees who areto be employed more than twenty-four (24) weeks. Following are the types of leave available to contracteducation employees.A. Vacation Leave. Year-long employees earn and are granted vacation leave in accordance with 25CFR 38 and 62 BIAM 11.62(D).B. School Vacation Leave. Contingent upon the school calendar, school-term employees mayreceive up to 136 hours (17 days) of school vacation. Approval for use of this leave will beadministratively determined by management and shall be scheduled when school is not insession. Should work requirements demand that an employee is required to work during schoolvacation time, compensation shall be received at the base rate of pay or the employee maychoose equivalent time off.NOTE: Teachers, Home living Specialists and Counselors are not eligible for school vacation leave.C. Personal Leave. Personal leave applies only to School Term employees. Full-time employeeswith appointments receive forty-eight (48) hours of pre-credit personal leave. Full timeemployees hired with appointments of less than twenty-four (24) weeks will receive twentyfour(24) hours of pre-credit personal leave. Personal leave will be granted at the employee’srequest subject to Management approval. This leave will not necessarily be limited to noninstructionaltime. Management will make every attempt to accommodate the employee’srequest. Reason for denials will be written. Personal leave which has not been used by the endof an employee’s contract period (end of school year contract) will be paid to the employee at101