SICK LEAVE WITH PAY Sick leave with pay for employees shall be determined in the following manner:
Leave With Pay Compassionate leave of absence with pay shall be granted for three (3) work days. Up to two (2) additional days with pay shall be granted for travelling time when this is warranted in the judgement of the Employer.
Court Leave With Pay The Company shall grant leave with pay to an employee for the period of time he or she is required:
(a) to be available for jury selection;
(b) to serve on a jury; or
(c) by subpoena or summons to attend as a witness in any proceeding to which he or she is not a party held:
(i) in or under the authority of a court of justice or before a grand jury;
(ii) before a court, judge, justice, magistrate or coroner;
(iii) before the Senate or House of Commons of Canada, or a committee of the Senate or House of Commons, otherwise than in the performance of the duties of his or her position;
(iv) before a legislative council, legislative assembly or house of assembly, or any committee thereof that is authorized by law to compel the attendance of witnesses before it;
(v) before an arbitrator or umpire or a person or body of persons authorized by law to make an inquiry and to compel the attendance of witnesses before it, other than an arbitrator appointed under this Collective Agreement or the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
VACATION LEAVE WITH PAY 14.01 The vacation year shall be from April 1st of one calendar year to March 31st of the following calendar year inclusive.
VACATION WITH PAY 17.01 The vacation year for calculation purposes shall be from June 1st to May 31st or closest pay period to it during the term of this Agreement. The Company may require all employees, subject to this Agreement, to take a vacation period and may close the plant or any part of the operation for that purpose at any time convenient to the Company, between July 1st and September 1st in any year, but not to exceed two (2) consecutive weeks and employees shall be notified by April 30th. If any of the Paid Holidays occur during an employee’s vacation, the employee will be granted an extra day off with pay at the beginning or end of the vacation. Employees who are scheduled to remain on duty during any plant shutdown or who have vacation entitlement in excess of two (2) weeks will be allowed their vacation at a mutually convenient time. The Company will not unreasonably deny any such requests. Responses will be in writing and the Union will receive copies of all requests and responses. Any denial will include an explanation and alternative dates for the employee’s consideration. If work is required during a vacation shutdown period, the opportunity to work will be offered to employees by classification seniority.
17.02 Vacations shall be taken in the year of entitlement and shall not be cumulative. Employees will be required to take a mandatory two (2) weeks vacation. Employees not scheduled to take the mandatory two weeks by March the 1st of any year of entitlement shall be scheduled by the Company. Vacation with Pay – Vacation to be paid in accordance with the current schedule, except as noted below and at the time that the employee takes his/her vacation. Vacation Pay Method: Vacation pay will be paid based on the employee’s regular hourly rate multiplied by the number of hours taken. In addition, the employee will receive a lump sum payment of 4% (6% for employees with 5 or more years of service) of overtime earnings from the previous year in December of the current year (less normal and statutory deductions). An employee who has been off work as a result of a current WSIB or WI claim and receiving temporary income replacement benefits will be eligible for vacation time off and pay in accordance with his/her seniority in the year following the onset of the claim. An employee who is laid off or recalled will receive prorated vacation time and pay in accordance with the amount of time worked (e.g. 1/12 of the employee’s full year eligibility for each full month of employment). An employee who has not taken all of his vacation entitlement by the end of the vacation year, will be paid all of his earned but unpaid vacation in one lump sum and no additional vacation time will be owed to the employee. The agreement will be adjusted to reflect the new vacation entitlement, but existing employees on the Company’s seniority list as of December 4, 2002 shall have any payment entitlement paid out based on the formula in place prior to December 4, 2002 or until they reach a new vacation entitlement level under the new schedule.
17.03 New Vacation Entitlement Program Effective December 4, 2002, an employee’s existing vacation entitlement shall be grandfathered. Future increases to an existing employees vacation entitlement and the vacation entitlement for new employees shall be as follows: Each employee will be granted an annual vacation with pay in accordance with the following provisions. The employee will receive vacation with regular pay for each day . Seniority as of June 30th ; Less than 1 year 1 day per month to a max of 10 4% 1 year but less than 5 years = 10 days 5 years but less than 15 years = 15 days 15 or more years = 20 days Any existing employee having more than 20 days of vacation time earned as of November 15, 2005 will continue to be eligible for this vacation time provided he/she meets the normal eligibility requirements as per Article
Bereavement Leave With Pay For the purpose of this Article, immediate family is defined as father, mother (or alternatively stepfather, stepmother or xxxxxx parent), grandparent, brother, sister, spouse including common-law spouse residing with the employee), child (including child of common-law spouse or adopted child), stepchild or xxxx of the employee, grandchild, nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and relative permanently residing in the employee’s household or with whom the employee permanently resides and/or traditional Gitxsan affiliations as determined by the administrator in consultation with tribal elder.
A) When a member of his/her immediate family dies, an employee:
i) shall be entitled to a bereavement period of five (5) consecutive calendar days which does not extend beyond the day following the day of the funeral. During such period he shall be paid for those days which are not regularly scheduled days of rest for that employee;
ii) in addition, the employee may be granted up to three (3) days leave with pay for the purpose of travel related to the death.
B) In special circumstances and at the request of the employee, the fourth (4th) day bereavement period may be moved beyond the day following the day of the funeral but must include the day of the funeral.
C) It is recognized by the parties that the circumstances which call for leave in respect of bereavement are based on individual circumstances. On request, the Employer may, after considering the particular circumstances involved, grant leave with pay for a period greater than that provided for in Article 14.02(A)(i) and (C) – Bereavement Leave with Pay.
D) An employee is entitled to up to fourteen (14) hours bereavement leave per year with pay to attend or participate at a funeral of a person that is not immediate family, subject to operational requirements.
Vacation, Holidays and Sick Leave During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation, paid holidays and sick leave in accordance with the Company's standard policies for its senior executive officers.
Vacation; Holidays The Executive shall be entitled to all public holidays observed by the Company and vacation days in accordance with the applicable vacation policies for senior executives of the Company, which shall be taken at a reasonable time or times.
Holidays Worked When an employee works on a calendar holiday, he/she shall receive payment of the holiday at the regular rate and in addition, at the discretion of the Employer, (1) be paid at the rate of time and one half for hours actually worked on the holiday or (2) be given compensatory time off equal to one and one half the number of hours actually worked.
With Pay Leave of absence with pay and without loss of seniority will be granted:
(1) to employees who are representatives of the Union to leave their employment to carry on negotiations with the Employer;
(2) to stewards, or their alternates, to perform their duties pursuant to Article 4.5;
(3) to employees called to appear as witnesses before an arbitration board.
