Granting of Vacation Leave. In granting vacation leave with pay to an employee, the Employer shall, subject to unforeseen emergencies or unusual operational requirements of a temporary nature, make every reasonable effort: (a) not to recall an employee to duty after he/she has proceeded to vacation leave; (i) to grant the employee vacation leave during the period requested, providing the employee completed the appropriate vacation leave application form and submitted it to the Employer; (ii) to grant employees their vacation preference and in situations where two (2) or more employees express a preference for the same period of vacation leave, length of service will prevail. If an employee applies to change the date of his/her initial vacation leave request after it has been approved, and such request conflicts with a leave request of another employee, length of service will no longer be the determining factor in granting the amended leave application; (c) to reply, as soon as possible in writing, to an employee’s written vacation request but in any event not later than two (2) weeks from the date of receipt; (d) (i) where in any calendar year an employee has not been granted all of the vacation leave credited to him/her, the unused portion of vacation leave shall be carried over into the following calendar year;
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Granting of Vacation Leave. In granting vacation leave with pay to an employee, the Employer shall, subject to unforeseen emergencies or unusual operational requirements of a temporary nature, make every reasonable effort:
(a) not to recall an employee to duty after he/she has they have proceeded to vacation leave;
(i) to grant the employee vacation leave during the period requested, providing the employee completed the appropriate vacation leave application form and submitted it to the Employer;
(ii) to grant employees their vacation preference and in situations where two (2) or more employees express a preference for the same period of vacation leave, length of service will prevail. If an employee applies to change the date of his/her their initial vacation leave request after it has been approved, and such request conflicts with a leave request of another employee, length of service will no longer be the determining factor in granting the amended leave application;
(c) to reply, as soon as possible in writing, to an employee’s written vacation request but in any event not later than two (2) weeks from the date of receipt;
(d) (i) where in any calendar year an employee has not been granted all of the vacation leave credited to him/herthem, the unused portion of vacation leave shall be carried over into the following calendar year;
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Samples: Collective Agreement