Common use of Flexible Personal Days Clause in Contracts

Flexible Personal Days. Each local collective bargaining agreement may designate from two to five flexible personal paid days off (Personal Days) that employees may use for personal needs in increments of not less than two hours. Currently existing Work-Life Balance days, floating holidays, birthday holidays or personal days contained in local agreements may be designated as Personal Days. In addition, sick leave days may be converted to Personal Days by mutual agreement, provided that the total number of Personal Days, (including floating holidays or the equivalent) does not exceed five days. The designation/conversion of the above to Personal Days will only occur in local bargaining. Requests for a single Personal Day off, or for hours within a single shift, shall be granted upon receipt of at least two weeks’ notice. Last-minute notice is acceptable for personal emergencies. Requests with less than two weeks’ notice, requests for consecutive days off, for days before or after a holiday, or for other days designated by mutual agreement, will be reviewed and approved or denied on a case-by-case basis in order to meet core staffing needs. Denials will be tracked and compiled, by department, on a quarterly basis. All unused Personal Days will be converted at 50 percent of value to cash at the end of each year. Personal Days may not be cashed out upon resignation or termination; however, upon retirement Personal Days may be cashed out at 50 percent of value. For the purposes of this Section 1.C.3, retirement means that the employee has retired from the organization pursuant to the terms of a qualified Xxxxxx Permanente retirement plan. These provisions will not supersede local collective bargaining agreements with superior conditions regarding notice requirements, granting of requests or cash-out provisions. Sick Leave Benefit. There are two types of sick leave benefits. Annual Sick Leave is the sick leave days credited each year to each employee in accordance with the provisions of the local collective bargaining agreements. Banked Sick Leave is previously accumulated unused sick leave to which unused Annual Sick Leave may be added at the end of each anniversary year. Annual Sick Leave. Employees will be credited with their entire annual allotment of sick leave days provided in the local collective bargaining agreements at the beginning of the pay period in which each employee’s anniversary date of hire falls. For purposes of Annual Sick Leave days, in cases where an employee’s anniversary date of hire has been adjusted, the “leave accrual service date” will be used. Special Note for Part-time Employees. Part-time employees’ Annual Sick Leave will be credited proportionately, based on scheduled hours. Throughout the year (no more frequently than quarterly) the credited Annual Sick Leave will be adjusted based on actual compensated hours. This will ensure that employees who work, on average, more hours than they are scheduled will receive proper Annual Sick Leave credit.