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30 in December for the following calendar leave year. The length of the bidding period will be determined by collaboration between the facility manger and the union. 2. Other requests for leave (advanced annual leave requests) are those submitted after the bidding period referred to in 1, above. They will be approved on a first come, first served basis. 3. Spot leave requests are those requests submitted for a posted schedule. Spot leave requests are also approved on a first come, first served basis. Section 7. Eligible employees may take any earned leave in six minute increments for the following purposes: personal time off, disability from illness or non-work related injury, medical, dental, eye examination/treatment, blood donation, voting, vacation and bereavement. Section 8. An employee on vacation leave who becomes sick shall have the right to convert vacation leave to banked leave, provided the employee has available banked leave. Section 9. In those cases where an eligible employee resigns or is otherwise terminated, the Employer shall pay out all unused, accrued or banked leave to the employee. In the event of death of an eligible employee, the Employer shall pay out all unused, accrued or banked leave to the employee's designated beneficiary or, if otherwise designated, to the employee's estate. Section 10. An employee shall have the option to allot excess benefit monies for the purpose of creating a leave bank for use in case of illness or other purposes. This bank shall not exceed 80 hours. Section 11. Employees will be permitted to use accrued annual and/or banked leave or Leave Without Pay for military leave, bereavement leave, jury duty, court appearances and other such special circumstances, not to exceed 15 days in a calendar year. Section 12. Employees will receive paid time off during periods of emergencies which officially close the Employer's facility. Payment for this time off is subject to the approval of the FAA contracting officer. Section 13. If an employee becomes seriously ill or injured at work, the Employer shall arrange for transportation to a physician, medical facility, or other designated location. If requested by the employee, or if the employee is unable to request, the employer shall notify the employee's family or designated party of the occurrence and location of the employee. Section 14. An employee will request leave in advance unless illness prevents advance notice, in which case the employee will notify the Facility Manager as soon as possible. An employee will not be required to furnish a medical certificate for absences of three consecutive days or less.

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