NATCA Bookshelf

2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 48 of 217 Section 17. Employees on annual leave who become sick shall have the right to c onvert the annual leave to sick leave. Section 18. Employees shall not be required to provide reasons for annual leave requests. Section 19. Unless otherwise negotiated locally, all annual leave requests shall be submitted on an OPM - 71. The form shall be dated, signed, approved/disapproved as appropriate, and a copy returned to the employee. After implementation at the facility/area, OPAS will be used for this purpose. Section 20. Exigencies for public business must be determined by the head of the Agenc y or his/her designee. Except where made by the head of the Agency, the determination may not be made by an official whose leave would be affected by the decision. The Agency will notify the Union, at the national level, when the Agency makes the decision to place any facility in a leave exigency status. Upon written request of the Union, the Agency shall provide, in writing, within fourteen (14) days, the justification the Agency used in determining the need for the facility to be placed in a leave exigenc y status. If the Agency determines that an emergency exists at a facility not covered by a leave exigency, which precludes an employee from using appropriately scheduled use - or - lose leave, such leave shall be retained by the employee. Section 21. In the e vent a leave exigency exists, the Parties at the local level shall negotiate the amount of annual leave each employee can use and the procedures to be used to distribute the leave equitably among bargaining unit employees. Section 22. In determining years of service, an employee is entitled to credit for all service of a type that would be creditable under 5 USC 8332, regardless of whether or not the employee is covered by Subchapter III of Chapter 83. Section 23. Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, employees are covered by the annual leave and lump sum payment provisions contained in 5 USC Chapter 55, Chapter 63 and the associated regulations in 5 CFR. Section 24. The express terms of this Article apply separately and distinctly to each o f the following bargaining units: Air Traffic Controllers, Traffic Management Coordinators/ Specialists, FSS, and NOTAM Specialists. ARTICLE 25 SICK LEAVE Section 1. Full - time employees shall earn sick leave at a rate of four (4) hours a pay period. Se ction 2. Sick leave must be granted when an employee meets one of the following conditions: a. is incapacitated and cannot perform the essential duties of his/her position because of physical or mental illness, injury, pregnancy, or childbirth; b. receives med ical, dental or optical examinations or treatment; c. would, per a health authority with jurisdiction or a health care provider, jeopardize the health of others due to exposure to a communicable disease.

• Cover