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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 47 of 217 c. Rounds of NPTL bidding shall continue for six (6) rounds provided there are still bidders, or until all leave opportunities have been exhausted, whichever comes first, or as otherwise agreed to at the local level. Employees are permitted to pass on subsequent rounds of NPTL bidding. d. Employees will be afforded the opportunity to bid all the leave they will accrue in the leave year prior to employees bidding accumulated leave. e. At the concl usion of each round of the bidding process identified in this Section, the Union's designee(s) and the Agency's designee(s) will meet to review all leave bid and ensure all bids are in compliance with the terms of this Article. f. Employees may not cancel or change leave bid in accordance with this Section until the conclusion of the bidding process. Section 12. Any remaining pre - approved leave opportunities that were not selected during the bidding process will remain available until thirty (30) days prio r to the posting of the watch schedule and shall be approved in the order in which they are received. Section 13. At the conclusion of the bidding process, employees may submit NPTL requests in excess of the designated leave opportunities. These requests shall be recorded and approved/disapproved subject to staffing and workload and as soon as practicable after the request is made. Approval/disapproval shall not be subject to conditional circumstances. If the request was disapproved and annual leave for t hat time period, or any portion of that time period, later becomes available, the leave shall be approved on a first requested basis. The Parties at the local level shall establish the method for tracking these leave requests. After implementation at the facility/area, OPAS will be used for tracking these leave requests. Section 14. Spot leave is leave requested for any period during a posted watch schedule. Leave requests for the shift being worked, shall be approved/disapproved subject to staffing and workload within thirty (30) minutes of the request being made. Leave requests for future shifts shall be approved/disapproved subject to staffing and workload within two (2) hours of when the request was made, or prior to the end of the shift, whichever is less. Approval/disapproval shall not be subject to conditional circumstances. Leave requests shall be approved in the order that they were requested. If the request was disapproved and annual leave for that time period later becomes available, the leave s hall be approved in the order that the request was received. Section 15 . Except as authorized in OPM regulations, no employee will be forced to take annual leave. Section 16. Requests to cancel annual leave with twenty - four (24) hours notice to the Agen cy shall be granted. Unless staffing and workload do not permit, requests to cancel annual leave with less than twenty - four (24) hours notice to the Agency shall be granted. An employee who cancels scheduled annual leave and returns to duty shall be assign ed to work the shift which he/she would have worked, if the annual leave had not been scheduled, unless staffing and workload dictate or allow assignment to a different shift.

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