Union Contract Local 2, OPEIU - WMATA.com

The supervisor shall grant employee leave requests exceptfor just and sufficient business reasons. In addition to accruedannual leave, an employee may request, and the OfficeDirector, at his discretion, may grant, annual leave thatwill accrue during the balance of the year.(2) Employees with less than three years of service will earnleave at the rate of thirteen (13) work days a year or onehalfwork day per pay period. Employees with more thanthree (3) but less than fifteen (15) years of service earnannual leave at the rate of twenty-one (21) work days peryear. Employees with more than fifteen (15) years servicewill earn leave at a rate of twenty-seven (27) work daysper year. Part-time employees will earn leave at the ratesspecified above except work days shall be interpreted tomean the equivalent number of normally scheduled dailyhours.(3) Annual leave may be accumulated from year-to-year butno more than thirty (30) days for employees with less thanfifteen (15) years of service and forty-five (45) days foremployees with over fifteen (15) years of service may becarried over from one year to the next. The accumulationof annual leave above these limitations on December 31 ofeach year shall be converted to sick leave. In the eventany annual leave request is denied pursuant to Section(1) and the employee is unable to satisfactorily rescheduleleave, the amount of denied leave shall be added tothe maximum carry-over until used, without conversion,provided that this excess carry over must be taken or convertedduring the next year.41