Time off schedules shall be established taking into account the wishes of the employees and the staffing needs of the Employer. Employees shall submit their PTO requests via Employee Self-Service (ESS), no more than six (6) months and no less than five (5) days in advance. Requests shall be responded to as soon as possible, but not longer than two (2) weeks, and shall not be arbitrarily denied. Approved requests submitted within this timeframe will be considered “scheduled” PTO. Ideally, requests will be submitted one (1) week prior to the date the Schedule is posted. (see Article 14, Section 8). In the event of a conflict in scheduling PTO time among employees arising from two or more PTO requests received on the same day, seniority shall prevail. Bargaining unit employees are not required to find coverage for scheduled time off. A regular part-time employee is only eligible to utilize PTO and ESL benefits for the number of days worked per week.
