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

Section 6. Administrative Leave/Excused AbsenceA. Administrative leave may be granted to employees for participation in such civic activities asblood donations, Military/Veteran Honor Guards, conferences and conventions, civil defensedrills, voting, when it is determined that attendance will serve in the best interest of the Federalservice. Administrative Leave may also be granted when an activity shuts down due tocircumstances beyond the Agency’s control.B. Voting. When voting polls are not open for local, state, Federal, or tribal elections at least three(3) hours before or after an employee’s regular hours of work, then he or she, upon writtenrequest, will be granted a sufficient amount of administrative leave to vote by his/her supervisorwhich will permit the employee to report for work three (3) hours after the polls are open orleave work three (3) hours before the polls close, whichever requires the lesser amount of timeoff. One work day before any national, state, or District of Columbia election, Management willprovide employees notice of their rights under this section.C. Excused Absence for Armed Forces Connected Funerals(1) An eligible employee may be granted an excused absence of not more than three (3) daysto make arrangements for or to attend the funeral or memorial service for an immediaterelative who died as a result of wounds, disease, or injury incurred in a combat zone as amember of the Armed Forces (5 U.S.C. 6326).(2) The three (3) days must be within the employee's established tour of duty, includingregularly scheduled overtime. The three (3) days need not be consecutive. The employeeshall furnish to the leave-approving official, an acceptable justification for use of funeralleave in nonconsecutive days.(3) An eligible employee may be granted excused absence for up to four (4) hours in any one(1) day of his or her scheduled tour of duty to participate in a funeral ceremony for amember of the Armed Forces whose remains are returned from abroad for final intermentin the United States. This includes veterans who attend the funerals of deceased veteransas members of firing squads or guards of honor. (5 U.S.C. 6321)(4) Family member or immediate relative means the following relatives of the deceasedmember of the armed forces: spouse, parents, children (including adopted children, fosterchildren or step-children) and their spouses, brothers and sisters and their spouses, andany person related by blood or affinity whose close association with the deceased wassuch as to have been the equivalent of a family relationship.D. Tardiness: Management may excuse occasional and unavoidable periods of tardiness of one (1)hour or less without charge to leave provided the employee submits a reasonable explanationregarding the reason for his/her tardiness. If the excuse is not acceptable, annual leave or leavewithout pay (LWOP) may be requested to cover the absence. Additionally, if tardiness is63