Step 4 Settlement Agreement (NALC): Article 10; Leave (1984)

The grievance concerns whether local management may require employees to take annual leave only in increments of 5 or 10 working days.  In this case, the grievant asked to be off 2 days in November, 1983, but was informed that she could be off only if she requested annual leave for the entire week.  The choice vacation period in this office is from May 26 through October 1.  We mutually agreed that Article 10 does not require that annual leave outside of the choice vacation period be taken in increments of 5 or 10 working days. However, the local parties may have established a variety of conditions under which incidental leave requests may be handled.  Accordingly, this grievance is remanded to Step 3 for application of the appropriate local provisions for granting leave.  If unresolved, the issue is suitable for arbitration at that level.