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Section 4. Employees who are members of the National Guard or Reserves will earn militaryleave in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. This military leave may be used foractive duty or active duty for training. Military leave is not authorized for periods of inactive dutytraining (usually weekend drills).Section 5. If otherwise in a duty status, bargaining unit employees who are registered voters willbe granted excused absence to vote in national, state, and local elections, in accordance withapplicable regulations. Requests for excused absence to donate blood, perform emergency rescueor protective work, or participate in other worthwhile activities will be processed in accordancewith applicable regulations. When operations are interrupted by events beyond the control of theEmployer, such as, but not limited to, national emergencies, natural disasters, extreme climaticconditions, breakdown of equipment, and power failures, it is within the discretion of theEmployer to close all or part of the installation for short periods, and to grant administrative leaveto affected employees in accordance with applicable regulations.Section 6. Bargaining unit employees whose services are not required by the Employer on aholiday established by federal statute or Executive Order will be excused from duty withoutcharge to leave, and those excused will be entitled to holiday benefits in accordance withappropriate law and regulations. Determination of the day to be treated as a holiday shall also bemade by the Employer in accordance with applicable law and regulations.Section 7. The Employer and the Union recognize that normally the granting of leave withoutpay (LWOP) is a matter of administrative discretion, and all requests for LWOP shall beconsidered in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. LWOP shall be granted uponrequest to employees otherwise entitled to LWOP who are disabled veterans in need of medicaltreatment, or are members of the Reserves or National Guard, in order to perform militarytraining duties. In addition, under the provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act, bargainingunit employees may request up to twelve (12) workweeks of unpaid leave during any twelve (12)-month period for the following purposes:a. The birth of a child of the employee and the care of such child;b. The placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care;c. The care of a spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the employee who has a serious healthcondition; ord. A serious health condition of the employee which makes the employee unable to performthe essential functions of his/her position.The employee normally must provide notice to the Employer of his/her intention to request unpaidleave under the provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act not less than thirty (30) days39
efore the requested leave is to begin. The Employer may require medical documentation tosupport unpaid leave taken under the Family and Medical Leave Act.Section 8. The Employer and the Union agree that it is the civic responsibility of bargaining unitemployees to respond to calls for jury duty and witness service. The Employer will request thatits employees be excused from court proceedings only in those instances where their services arerequired to meet essential work requirements. Court leave for jury duty and witness service shallbe authorized in accordance with applicable law and regulations.Section 9. Tardiness and brief absences from duty of less than one (1) hour may be excusedwithout charge to leave at the option of the supervisor when reasons appear to be adequate to thesupervisor. When an employee is frequently tardy or otherwise absent from duty when thereasons are not adequate to the supervisor, such absences and tardiness will be charged to annualleave or absence without approved leave (AWOL), as appropriate. Each case of tardiness or briefabsence from duty shall be considered on its own merits by the Employer.40
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Page 3 and 4: ARTICLE 1PREAMBLEIn accordance with
Page 5 and 6: ARTICLE 3RECOGNITION AND UNIT DESIG
Page 7 and 8: g. Negotiation. Bargaining by repre
Page 9 and 10: ARTICLE 6MANAGEMENT RIGHTSSection 1
Page 11 and 12: ARTICLE 8UNION RIGHTS AND REPRESENT
Page 13 and 14: Section 7. Union officers and stewa
Page 15 and 16: ARTICLE 9UNION-EMPLOYER MEETINGSSec
Page 17 and 18: a. The negotiating teams of each pa
Page 19 and 20: ARTICLE 11GRIEVANCE PROCEDURESectio
Page 21 and 22: initiated within twenty (20) workda
Page 23 and 24: ARTICLE 12ARBITRATIONSection 1. If
Page 25 and 26: Section 10. The arbitrator's decisi
Page 27 and 28: c. The Union will submit the comple
Page 29 and 30: ARTICLE 14USE OF OFFICIAL FACILITIE
Page 31 and 32: ORIENTATION OF NEW BARGAINING UNIT
Page 33 and 34: d. Where the work is in confined sp
Page 35 and 36: Section 12. An employee whose perso
Page 37 and 38: Section 6. The Employer and the Uni
Page 39: certificate. Normally, the employee
Page 43 and 44: Section 5. Bargaining unit employee
Page 45 and 46: ARTICLE 21EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUN
Page 47 and 48: ARTICLE 22PERFORMANCE APPRAISALSect
Page 49 and 50: ARTICLE 23REDUCTION IN GRADE AND RE
Page 51 and 52: Section 3. When informal corrective
Page 53 and 54: a. Of the specific reasons for the
Page 55 and 56: ARTICLE 25SAFETY AND HEALTHSection
Page 57 and 58: c. The Employer and the Union agree
Page 59 and 60: in which a bargaining unit employee
Page 61 and 62: ARTICLE 27INCENTIVE AWARDSSection 1
Page 63 and 64: Section 1. It is agreed that the Em
Page 65 and 66: Section 1. Through careful planning
Page 67 and 68: f. Bargaining unit employees who su
Page 69 and 70: ARTICLE 33SECURITY GUARDSSection 1.
Page 71 and 72: a. Every reasonable attempt shall b
Page 73 and 74: ARTICLE 35DRUG TESTINGSection 1. Th
Page 75: ARTICLE 36DURATION OF AGREEMENTSect

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