S.L. 363.20 Art. 20Accumulation of vacation leave.

(1) Accumulation of vacation leave from one year to another, but not exceeding two successive years, shall only be given through the written approval of the Council, and this up to a maximum of forty-eight hours.

(2) (a) Clerical employees shall be entitled to 192 hours of annual vacation leave, or such other amount as may, from time to time, be prescribed according to law. Vacation leave may be availed of as full days or half days, provided that three days may be availed of on a two hourly basis. A clerical employee shall avail himself of seventy per cent (70%) of his vacation leave by the end of September while the remaining thirty per cent (30%) shall be availed of by the end of the year.

(b) Vacation leave not availed of due to exigencies of work as determined by the Council may only be accumulated from one year to another through the written approval of the Council.

(c) All vacation leave shall be approved by the Executive Secretary after a written request by the clerical employee. As a rule, vacation leave of less than three days shall be applied for three days prior to the intended vacation leave days, and vacation leave of more than three days shall be applied for a week prior to the said period of vacation leave: Provided that this rule shall not apply for urgent vacation leave requests made by the clerical employee subject to such urgency being accepted by the Executive Secretary.

(3) A clerical employee shall have the right to avail himself of sixteen (16) hours vacation leave, from the one hundred and ninety-two (192) hours vacation leave entitlement, in case of an emergency, for which documentary evidence must be provided by the clerical employee concerned.