Vacation Leave Approval. All vacation leave must be approved by the District at the convenience of the District so as to disrupt schedules as little as possible. Employees with the most seniority at each location in the District will be given priority in the selection of vacation times. Vacation leave requested for purposes defined in Article 9.3.1.4 shall not be denied arbitrarily or capriciously.
Vacation Leave Approval. Regular and limited duration status employees who have been employed for more than six (6) consecutive months may be granted accrued vacation leave by approval of the department director or designee. Department directors or their designees shall schedule vacation for their respective staff with consideration for vacation accrued, seniority, the desires of the staff, and for the work requirements of the department. Vacation schedules may be amended to allow the department to meet emergency situations. Vacation requests more than thirty (30) working days in advance shall not be arbitrarily denied or amended without demonstration of conflict with a prior request or a bona fide work emergency. All employees are generally required to submit vacation requests through the electronic timekeeping system. In the instances where vacation has yet to accrue in employee’s leave balance, employees may request vacation in writing to their department director or designee. Approval of vacation leave shall be provided in a timely manner.
Vacation Leave Approval. All vacation leaves shall be taken at such time or times at the discretion of and as approved by the Fire Chief. All vacation hours shall be paid at full pay at the applicable straight time rates. Vacation leave may be requested to be taken in multiples of one (1) hour.
Vacation Leave Approval. All Requests for Vacation leave shall be approved based on the ability to fill the shift(s), unless the person requesting leave is normally scheduled on a shift with three or more full time firefighters. If this condition is met then one full time firefighter shall not be granted Vacation leave during the same time period on the same shift.
Vacation Leave Approval. (a) Requests for vacation leave must be provided to the Managing Lawyer for approval.
