2022-66 - 2023-25 AFSCME Public Works CBA

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pro -rated portion of any fully earned but unused vacation leave at the time of separation from employment. 25.05 All vacations shall be granted and taken at such times as shall be mutually agreeable to the employee and the employee's manager insofar as possible. Supervisors have the right to limit vacation requests during busy seasons, which require high demand of staff (e.i. streets department during winter/snow plow months) Where they are unable to agree, the decision of the division head shall govern. The manager shall permit the vacation to be taken on other than consecutive days. Each manager, on or about December I" shall prepare and post in an accessible location, a vacation schedule so devised as to cause minimum interference with normal operations of the division. In the event of conflict between employees in regard to scheduled vacation time, bargaining unit seniority shall control. Lists shall be provided so employees may give their preference, according to seniority. The period to submit requests for scheduled vacation (February 15'" to December 315h shall be the preceding December 1" to the following February 151". If requests are not made by February 15", then that vacation request shall he treated as unscheduled vacation and seniority no longer governs. The period between January I` and February 14" shall be considered, as unscheduled vacation and seniority shall not apply. All scheduled vacation requests shall be given answers, in writing, within three (3) working days of February 15'. All unscheduled vacation requests shall be approved/disapproved, in writing, within three (3) working days 25.06 In case of the death of a City employee, the unused vacation leave, to the credit of any such employee, shall be paid pursuant to state law: 1) to the surviving spouse; 2) to any one (1) or more of children over the age of 18; 3) to the mother or father of the deceased, preference being given to the order named or to the employee's estate. 25.07 If a recognized holiday falls within an employee's vacation leave, the employee shall not be charged for vacation leave for that day. 25.08 Effective January 1, 2023, members shall receive credit for prior service with the State of Ohio or any political subdivision of the State of Ohio for the purposes of vacation hours earned. Verification of prior service credit shall be provided to the human resources department by the employee from the appropriate retirement system. ARTICLE 26 WAGES 26.01 Effective January 1, 2023, all bargaining unit wage rates shall be increased by three percent (31/o), as specified in Appendix A of this agreement. 26.02 Effective January 1, 2024, all bargaining unit wage rates shall be increased by three percent (30/o), as specified in Appendix B of this Agreement. 26.03 Effective January 1, 2025, all bargaining unit wage rates shall be increased by three percent (3%) as specified in Appendix C of this Agreement. ARTICLE 27 LONGEVITY COMPENSATION 27.01 Effective January 1, 2006, all full-time, hourly employees shall be paid in addition to their regular compensation, additional compensation based upon the number of continuous full years of 28