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LEAVE WITHOUT PAY FOR UNION OFFICIALS
Section 1. Union officials who are elected or
appointed to serve in an official capacity as a representative of the Union
shall be granted, upon request, leave without pay concurrent and consistent
with elected terms of office or appointment. Each request by an employee for
such leave without pay shall be for a specified period and shall be certified
by the national office of the Union.
Section 2. Upon completion of a period of leave without pay granted
under Section 1 of this Article, the Union official shall be returned to duty
at the flight service facility to which he/she was assigned prior to his/her
assuming leave without pay status. In the event there is a reduction-in-force
at that flight service facility while the Union official is in a leave without
pay status, the Union official's future duty status and duty location shall be
determined in accordance with Article 60, Facility Closing and Part Timing of
this Agreement. By mutual agreement between the Union official and his
employing FAA region, he/she may be returned to a duty station other than the
duty station to which he/she was assigned prior to his/her assuming leave
without pay status.
Section 3. Upon written notice to the Employer that need for leave
without pay granted under Section 1 of this Article has ended, Union officials
shall be permitted to return to duty pay prior to the termination date of
their leave without pay status. Such request for return to duty shall be
certified by the national office of the Union.
Section 4. An employee who is placed on leave without pay while acting
in an official capacity on behalf of the Union shall be entitled to all
benefits, including continued participation in the federal retirement program,
in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Section 5. There shall be no prohibition on the approval of an
employee's LWOP request based on the employee having other types of leave
accrued.
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