Collective bargaining agreement gave appointing authority discretion to grant or deny leave requests

Collective bargaining agreement gave appointing authority discretion to grant or deny leave requestsRockland Co. Correction Officers BA and Rockland Co., 30 PERB 3019The Correction Officers' Benevolent Association of Rockland County filed an unfair labor practice charge with PERB complaining that the Rockland County Sheriff had issued a directive that unilaterally ended a procedure under which all written leave requests were routinely approved regardless of the number of officers on leave from the same shift.The Association also charged that for the first time "a quota" on the number of officers permitted to take certain types of leave simultaneously was unilaterally imposed.PERB sustained the administrative law judge's dismissal of the charge. It noted that the relevant collective bargaining agreement provided that "personal leave may be drawn only upon written request … at a time convenient to and approved by the Sheriff; provided, however, that…

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