Leave Without Pay for Personal Needs 35.15.1 Leave without pay will be granted for personal needs, in the following manner: 35.15.1.1 Subject to operational requirements, leave without pay for a period of up to three (3) months will be granted to an employee for personal needs. 35.15.1.2 Subject to operational requirements, leave without pay of more than three (3) months but not exceeding one (1) year will be granted to an employee for personal needs. 35.15.1.3 An employee is entitled to leave without pay for personal needs only once under each of 35.15.1.1
Regular Employee Seniority for a regular employee is defined as the length of the employee’s continuous employment (whether full-time or part-time) from the date of commencement of regular employment, plus any seniority accrued, while working as a casual employee of the Employer.