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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 56 of 217 Section 5. Unless staffing and workload do not permit, employees scheduled to work on the actual established holidays or days observed in lieu of such holidays shall be given such day off if they so request. The procedures for approval of holiday leave requests shall be negotiated at the local level. U pon request of the Union, approval shall be according to seniority, which will be determined by the Union. Section 6. If the actual holiday falls in the middle of the employee's workweek, the Agency at an employee's request, will change the employee's RDO to provide three (3) or four (4) days off in succession unless staffing and workload do not permit or such change would result in increased costs for premium pay. Requests under this section will be acted upon on a first come first serve basis with other shift/RDO change requests. Section 7. A list of employees assigned to work actual holidays shall be posted at least twenty - eight (28) days in advance and these assignments, once posted, shall normally not be changed without the consent of the employee(s) involved. Subsequent requests for holiday leave shall be approved/disapproved during the shift on which the request is made. Approval/disapproval shall not be subject to conditional circumstances. Section 8. Historically, traffic volume is significantly reduced during the Christmas, New Year's, and Thanksgiving holidays. As many employees as feasible shall be excused from duty on these holidays or their day in lieu of; and only as many employees as necessary to meet workload requirements will be required to work. Terminal/Systems Operations employees not certified on any positions and En Route employees who are not certified on any more than the "A" side position will normally be given holiday leave on these Federal holidays and days in lieu of. Section 9 . Historically, all other Federal holidays have normal or close to normal traffic volumes and are considered normal operational days. Section 10. The express terms of this Article apply separately and distinctly to each of the following bargaining units: Air Traffic Controllers, Traffic Management Coordinators/ Specialists, FSS, and NOTAM Specialists. ARTICLE 29 EXCUSED ABSENCES Section 1. For the purposes of this Agreement, excused absence is defined as an employee's absence from duty and duty station w ithout loss of, charge to, or reduction of an employee's leave, pay or benefits. Section 2. Employees may be allowed up to four (4) hours excused absence based on staffing and workload in connection with each blood or platelet donation. If proof of attend ance is required, employees shall be notified in advance. Section 3. Employees may be granted excused absence for brief tardiness of up to one (1) hour when the employee provides acceptable justification. Section 4. Up to sixty - four (64) hours of excused absence, as requested by the employee, shall be granted for arrangements incident to a change in the employee's official post of duty, including initial assignments, and upon completion of initial qualifications training, regardless of whether or not the residence is being relocated. Excused absence may be granted up to two (2) years from the effective date of the permanent change of official post of duty. Employees may be required to

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