LEAVE

LEAVE . . . ADMINISTRATIVE . . . BLOOD DONATIONS

Department of the Navy, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany, Georgia and Local 2317, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Case No. 01 FSIP 125, September 19, 2001 (Release No. 443).

The UNION proposed the following:

1. Command sponsored blood donation drives be discontinued. Employee donations may be made two (2) times a year at a local community blood collection facility or hospital. Up to (4) hours for each donating period for the purpose of donating blood subject to workload requirements and availability of employees to perform production requirements. Additional time may be granted on an individual basis. Supervisors will be responsible for determining the availability of administrative time for blood donations; and
2. Individual employees are responsible for making their appointment to donate blood. Requests for administrative leave to donate blood will be made at least two (2) days in advance of the scheduled appointment. The following day, the individual employee will be responsible for providing his/her supervisor a certificate certifying the employee donated blood.

The AGENCY proposed the following:

1. The parties encourage employees to participate in blood donor programs in the local community. To this end, employees may be excused, workload permitting, from duty without charge to leave for the last one-and-one-half hours of their shift for the purpose of donating blood;
2. Responsibility for scheduling appointments for donations rests with the employee making the donation. Upon return to duty, the employee must provide their supervisors with acceptable proof that blood was donated. If the employee was unable or ineligible the absence will be charged to annual leave or leave without pay, as requested by the employee; and
3. Employees may be granted this excused absence not more than four times per calendar year.

The PANEL ordered the parties to adopt the UNION's proposal.

LEAVE . . . SCHEDULING

Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, Milan, Michigan and Local 1741, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Case No. 01 FSIP 82, September 24, 2001 (Release No. 443).

The UNION proposed that the parties maintain the status quo: "[E]mployees [in the Correctional Services Department] would be entitled to select their entire annual leave entitlement each year (up to [five] weeks...) by seniority in a single round."

The AGENCY proposed that:

1. Employees in all departments select annual leave in three rounds.
2. The most senior employees would select any two weeks of annual leave in the first round, and selection would proceed in descending order of seniority.
3. Employees would select another two weeks of annual leave in the second round, which would be conducted in the same manner as the first.
4. In the third and final round, employees would select the remaining one week of annual leave. Selections would proceed in descending order of seniority, like in rounds one and two.

The PANEL ordered the parties to adopt the following:

Employees in the Correctional Services Department will select annual leave in two rounds: During the first round, the senior employee will choose up to [three] weeks of leave, and selections will proceed in descending order of seniority until all employees have selected up to [three] weeks of annual leave; a second round will then be conducted, based on seniority, until each employee with sufficient leave has selected another [two] weeks of annual, and selections will proceed in descending order of seniority until all employees have selected up to [two] weeks of annual leave.