Agmt 2014 San Leandro City Employees Association SLCEA

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Any employee leaving the competitive service before leave of absence has been granted, is absent without leave, and such conduct shall be proper grounds for discharge from the service. Upon the expiration of a regularly approved leave of absence the employee shall be reinstated in the position held at the time such leave was granted, unless he/she conducts him/herself while on such leave in a manner constituting cause for discharge. Failure on the part of an employee on leave of absence to report promptly at its expiration, or within a reasonable time after notice in writing to return to duty, shall be cause for discharge. Section 14. Holidays All full-time regular employees, except as hereinafter provided, shall be entitled to the following holidays provided that if such employee fails to report for scheduled work on any of such holidays, he/she shall receive no pay: New Year's Day; third Monday in January (Martin Luther King's Birthday); second Monday in February (Lincoln's Birthday); third Monday in February (Washington's Birthday); last Monday in May (Memorial Day): Independence Day; Labor Day; November 11 (Veterans' Day); Thanksgiving Day; the day after Thanksgiving; one- half (%) day on the day before Christmas and one-half (1) day on the day before New Year's Day; Christmas; and every day proclaimed a City holiday by the Mayor. Except for continuous 24/7 operations, when a day herein listed falls on an employee's regular day off, he/she shall be entitled to a day off in lieu thereof within the calendar year. The day selected shall be subject to approval of the department head. When such day herein listed falls on a Sunday or Saturday, such day off in lieu thereof shall be the Monday following or Friday preceding respectively, except as hereinafter provided and except if Christmas Day or New Year's Day falls on a Sunday or Monday the one-half ('h) day provision will be applicable the preceding work day. Continuous operations, as designated by the Department Head, will observe the actual holiday for compensation purposes. Each employee represented by the Union shall be entitled to one (I) floating holiday which shall be scheduled at a time mutually convenient to the employee and the department head. The floating holiday must be taken during each calendar year and may not be carried over to another calendar year or converted to pay. Such holiday shall be granted to employees hired on or before September ! of each calendar year. During the 2013 calendar year, subject to an agreed upon holiday closure, employees will be granted one (1) additional floating holiday to be taken within the 2013 calendar year. Except for employees excluded from the holiday closure this one (I) additional holiday may not be carried over to another year or be converted to pay. Excluded employees will be allowed to carry over this additional day through the 2014 calendar year. These days will be pro-rated to the nearest half-day for individuals working less than the full year. To the extent that operating conditions allow, employees are to be given the day off on the date of the holiday. Where operating conditions require established organized shifts to be regularly staffed without regard to holidays, the department head shall designate by list the positions required to be staffed. The list of positions so designated shall be subject to approval of the City Manager, and shall be filed with the Human Resources Department and the Finance Director. If an employee holding a position on such a list works an established organized shift on a holiday, the employee shall receive his/her regular pay plus one and one-half (1 '/z) times II