Distribution of Vacation Entitlement. Employees having more than one (1) week of vacation entitlement shall be permitted to take such additional vacation time on a weekly or daily basis. Vacation taken on a weekly basis must be requested and approved by the Company at least one (1) month in advance. Vacation taken on a daily basis must be requested and approved by the Company at least one (1) day in advance whenever possible. Vacation taken on a half-day basis must be requested and approved by the Company by the end of the employee's prior shift. It is understood that same day report offs for vacation will not be permitted by any employee who is scheduled to work on Saturday or Sunday.
Distribution of Vacation Entitlement. Vacation requests will be made, approved and based on the employee’s home site. Vacations will be scheduled in such a manner as to provide for a fair distribution of the number of employees who are absent due to vacations. Employees with the greatest length of seniority (top half to the seniority list at home site) with the Hospital will have first choice of dates, provided they indicate their preference before March 1st subject to the prime time vacation provisions. Employees with less seniority (bottom half of the seniority list at home site) will indicate their preferences before March 15th subject to the prime time vacation provisions. If an uneven number of employees exist the employee will be considered to be in the top half to he seniority list. Employees shall provide the Employer with their first, second, and third choices of prime time vacation requests. The Employer shall provide the Employee with a timely response relative to the prime time vacation request as soon as possible but in any event not later than April 15th. Such seniority request will take effect from May 1st to the following April 30th. The approval for vacation requests shall be based on providing for as fair a distribution as possible relative to the number of employees who can be off on vacation at the same time. The number of Employees off on vacation will be determined at the reasonable discretion of the Department Manager taking into account the operational requirements of the delivery of services. In order to provide Employees vacation opportunities during the prime time vacation period, which is defined as the time period between June 15 and Sept. 15, the week between Christmas and New Years; and the following March Break as determined by the respective school boards; seniority preference can only be applied to the maximum of two (2) weeks off in total which must be taken in blocks of no less than five (5) weekdays off during these time frames if the normal work week is Monday to Friday or three (3) days if the employee works weekends. For the purpose of allotting prime time vacation the manager or designate shall post a vacation planner on or before February 15 of each year and identify the number of employees allowed to be off at one time within full- time and part-time status. The planner will cover the period May 1st through April 30th of the following year. The employees will use this planner to request their prime time vacation and non prime time vacation. As well ea...
