LOCAL 701 Agreement 2007-2010

ARTICLE X    AUTHORIZED UNIVERSITY HOLIDAYS

Section 10.1. Holidays Enumerated.

Authorized University Holidays consist of eight (8) Regular Holidays and five (5) Personal Holidays each calendar year. The eight (8) Regular Holidays are New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

Section 10.2. Holiday Pay and Eligibility.

Employees who have completed thirty (30) days of continuous service and are in active pay status shall be paid eight (8) hours at their regular straight-time hourly rate for each of the above authorized regular University Holidays except where:

1. the employee is absent from work on his regularly scheduled day preceding or following any holiday, unless the absence was previously authorized or subsequently approved by supervision,
2. the employee is scheduled to work on the Holiday but fails to work his scheduled hours. An acceptable reason may be approved by supervision,
3. the employee is on lay off or leave of absence status, and the regular holiday falls ten (10) working days after the onset of the layoff or leave period.

Section 10.3. Holidays During Vacation.

When an Authorized University Holiday falls during an eligible employee's vacation period, he shall receive an additional day's pay, or, if mutually agreed, his vacation shall be extended by one (l) additional day to compensate therefor.

Section 10.4. Personal Holidays.

In addition to the eight (8) regular University Holidays, each employee who works twenty (20) hours or more per week is eligible for the accrual of Personal Holidays and for the use of such holidays after completing one hundred twenty (120) days of service. Personal Holidays are accrued by eligible employees as follows:

On January 1 of any calendar year, two (2) Personal Holidays. One (1) of these two (2) holidays must be taken between January 1 and April 30.

On April 1 of any calendar year, 1 Personal Holiday

On July 1 of any calendar year, 1 Personal Holiday

On September 1 of any calendar year, 1 Personal Holiday

A new employee who completes his probationary period prior to any of the accrual dates in the above paragraph shall be entitled to personal holiday accrual for the remainder of the year on the schedule specified above.

The Personal Holidays shall be taken on days chosen by the employee, subject to his having given a minimum of two (2) weeks' notice and provided his absence on that day will not unduly hamper operations.

The employee who has one (1) or more Personal Holidays accrued but not used may, subject to departmental approval, use the day(s) as emergency day(s) off with pay when circumstances justify such use. When an employee wishes to make such use of the day(s) he must notify his department as soon as possible, in no case later than his scheduled reporting time, and specify the reason for his absence.

It shall be each employee's responsibility to request his Personal Holidays, observing the rules of his Department. Failure to request his holidays shall not entitle an employee to "carry over" holidays into the next calendar year nor entitle him to extra payment in lieu of the holidays. Departments will post notice of accrued, unused Personal Holidays during the first week of November each year and employees will be required to schedule the dates of their remaining Personal Holidays not later than the second week of November each year.

An employee who is eligible for use of accrued vacation time may use a vacation day, subject to the same conditions, as a personal emergency day when he has no Personal Holiday accrued.

Employees who terminate for any reason or who are laid off will be compensated for accrued but unused Personal Holidays at time of termination or layoff.

An employee who is on layoff or leave of absence status on any of the above accrual dates shall not accrue the Personal Holiday for that date.