FPSLREB Decisions

Scheduling of annual leave - grievor had carried over a substantial amount of annual leave credits from previous years - employer introduced a policy requiring employees to utilize their annual leave credits in the year in which they were earned and to reduce their accumulated annual leave credits - accordingly, employer asked grievor to submit a leave plan for the current year - following repeated requests by his supervisor, grievor ultimately indicated that he would be willing to take one to two weeks of annual leave in each of July and August - however, he provided no specific dates - accordingly, his supervisor scheduled him for 19 days of annual leave from July 19 to August 13, 1999 - grievor objected to the employer's action, alleging it was a violation of the collective agreement, which required the employer to make every reasonable effort to schedule an employee's leave"in an amount and at such time as the employee may request" - grievor sought the return of two of the four weeks of annual leave credits, which he had been required to take - adjudicator concluded that, under the circumstances, the employer had not violated the collective agreement in scheduling the grievor's leave as it did. Grievance denied.