Emergency Service. Upon approval of the Chief Human Resources Officer and the appropriate unit supervisor, a bargaining unit member who is an EMT-basic, EMT-I, first responder, paramedic, or volunteer firefighter will receive up to forty (40) hours of leave with pay each calendar year to use during those hours when the employee is absent from work in order to provide emergency medical service or fire-fighting service of an emergency nature that cannot reasonably be performed outside of the bargaining unit member’s regular workday. The Chief Human Resources Officer will compensate an employee who uses leave granted under this section at the difference between employee’s total rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee is absent from work and the sum of the employee’s gross service pay and allowances as an emergency service worker. No such supplemental pay is due if the employee’s gross uniform pay exceeds the wages payable had the employee been in active status. In order to be eligible, a bargaining unit member will submit to his/her supervisor a written notification signed by the chief of the volunteer fire department, or medical director, with which the employee serves. Such leave shall be available during the term of this agreement only to the three most senior eligible bargaining unit members employed on or before July 1, 2012. All other bargaining unit members may be granted such leave without pay or vacation leave not to exceed forty (40) hours each calendar year. The University will waive any notice requirements for using vacation leave for this purpose, provided operational necessity is not impaired.
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