STANDARD WORKING CONDITIONS Sample Clauses

STANDARD WORKING CONDITIONS. Section 11.1 Vacations shall be provided as follows: A. Rate of accrual of vacation leave. 1. Employees shall accrue vacation leave by reason of tenure based on the following schedule of aggregate City service: The appropriate bi-monthly accrual shall be credited for each bi-monthly pay period in which the employee is in a paid status. 2. No employee shall earn more vacation in any one calendar year than the above stipulated days and new employees shall accrue vacation based on the above schedule beginning from the date of their appointment. 3. Vacation leave may not be taken without the prior approval of the Chief of Police or his designee and may not be taken in the pay period in which it was earned. Vacation leave shall be scheduled so as to meet the operating requirements of the Department and, as far as practicable, the preferences of the employees. Vacation shall not be denied solely because it creates overtime. 4. Vacation accrual balances shall not exceed 240 hours. If vacation accrual reaches this threshold, the employee can either take vacation or have some hours cashed out or, if a City VEBA account is established, the employee may choose to have the excess amount deposited into the employee’s VEBA account. When an Association member cashes out any portion of his vacation bank, it will be paid as prescribed by law.

STANDARD WORKING CONDITIONS. Section 13.1 Vacations Vacations shall be as provided in Section 1.12.220 of the Tacoma Municipal Code and the Joint Labor Agreement. Section 1.12.220 provides in part for the following: ▇. ▇▇▇▇ of accrual of vacation leave. 1. Employees shall accrue vacation leave by reason of tenure based the following schedule of aggregate City service: Hours Annual 24 hr. Shifts Years of Accrued Hours Accrued 0 - 3 ................. 3.69 .................... 96 ................. 6 4 - 7 ................. 4.60 .................. 120 ................. 7.5 8 -13 ................. 5.22 .................. 136 .................. 8.5 14 -18 ................ 6.14 .................. 160 ................ 10 19 ................... 6.45 .................. 168 ................ 10.5 20 ................... 6.76 .................. 176 ................ 11 21 ................... 7.07 .................. 184 ................ 11.5 22 ................... 7.38 .................. 192 ................ 12 23 ................... 7.69 .................. 200 ................ 12.5 24 ................... 8.00 .................. 208 ................ 13 25 ................... 8.31 .................. 216 ................ 13.5 26 ................... 8.62 .................. 224 ................ 14 27 ................... 8.93 .................. 232 ................ 14.5 28 ................... 9.24 .................. 240 ................ 15 The appropriate bi-weekly accrual shall be credited for each bi-weekly pay period in which the employee is in a paid status. Vacation accruals based on tenure shall be credited at the first of the calendar year in which any of the above periods of aggregate City service will be completed. 2. No employee shall earn more vacation in any one calendar year than the above-stipulated days and new employees shall accrue vacation based on the above schedule beginning from the date of their appointment. 3. Vacation leave may not be taken without the prior approval of the appointing authority and may not be taken in the pay period in which it was earned. Vacation leave shall be scheduled so as to meet the operating requirements of the Employer and, as far as practicable, the preferences of the employees. No employee may take more than one year's accrual in any one calendar year without the express approval of the Chief. 4. Vacation accrual balances shall not exceed an amount equal to two (2) years' accrual. Section 13.2 Sick Allowance Sick allowance with pay shall be as provided ...

STANDARD WORKING CONDITIONS. The parties are participants in a Joint Labor Agreement, through which they have determined the amount of and basic rules regarding vacation leave, holidays, sick leave, personal time off and other benefits. Provisions of the Joint Labor Agreement governing these benefits are attached in Appendix B which shall independently expire with the expiration of the Joint Labor Agreement. Appendix B shall be automatically updated and replaced in its entirety with any changes to the provisions of the Joint Labor Agreement during the term of this Agreement as long as both parties remain signatories to the Joint Labor Agreement. Should a party choose not to sign on to a future Joint Labor Agreement the provisions in Appendix B shall be “status quo” until expiration of this Agreement. Items covered by Appendix B may be grieved through this Collective Bargaining Agreement, except those items challenging the interpretation or application of the Joint Labor Agreement provisions which may be grieved only through the grievance procedure included in the Joint Labor Agreement.

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