PAID VACATIONS 41.1 The Board shall grant paid vacation periods to each Member in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined in this Article.
(a) The Board shall maintain a record of paid vacation entitlement for each Member based on the years, and parts thereof, of service from the most recent date of hire with the Board completed by August 31st prior to the vacation period to be taken.
(b) For the purpose of this Article, the most recent date of hire shall be the date of last hire where there has been no termination of employment since that date.
(c) A Member who was given credit for split service prior to the signing of this Agreement shall continue to retain such service for vacation entitlement.
(a) Every Member shall be granted by the Board an annual paid vacation according to the following schedule: Years of Service Prior Entitlement to September 1st less than 1 year 3 weeks pro rated to time worked 1 year 3 weeks 8 years 4 weeks 17 years 5 weeks 24 years 6 weeks
(b) The pay for any vacation period shall be calculated on the Member's annual salary as provided in Schedule A.
(a) Vacations will normally be taken during the months of July and August but alternate scheduling may be permitted with the approval of the Member’s immediate Supervisor. Such requests for alternate scheduling shall not unreasonably be withheld.
(b) The Member shall inform the Board about the Member’s request for paid vacation by completing the vacation schedule form provided by the Board.
(c) If more than one (1) Member in a work location or department requests the same vacation time off, then, the most senior Member shall be granted the first choice the initial year after ratification of this Agreement. Thereafter, vacation time shall be on a rotation basis beginning with the next most senior Member having first choice.
(d) The choice of vacation time by seniority referred to in clause 41.4 (b) is to be implemented only when a problem may occur in a department whereby two or more Members have chosen the same vacation period and it is necessary that one of those Members must be available to maintain the efficient operation of the department.
(e) There will be a minimum of two (2) Members in a Composite Secondary School Office at all times.
41.5 (a) A ten (10) or twelve (12) month Member working in elementary schools shall take their vacation during regular scheduled breaks. This provision will also apply to ten (10) month Members working in Instructional Services and Media Services.
ANNUAL VACATIONS 15.01 Employees shall be entitled to an annual vacation after one (1) year of employment with pay, calculated as follows:
(a) 3/52nds of the earnings of that year of service after one (1) year and each subsequent year thereafter, up to and including five (5) completed years of service;
(b) 4/52nds of the earnings for the year commencing after five (5) completed years of service and each subsequent year thereafter, up to ten (10) completed years of service;
(c) 5/52nds of the earnings after ten (10) completed years of service and each subsequent year thereafter.
15.02 For other than full-time employees, all vacation pay will be paid to employees on December 15th in each year unless the employee requests vacation pay when a holiday is taken. In such circumstances, the employee will receive vacation pay requested at that time or a portion of the payment at that time and the balance on December 15th. Part-time employees will be allowed to make two (2) such requests per year based on earnings to June 30th. Full-time employees will receive vacation pay when they take their vacation.
15.03 Employees who are hospitalized or make use of compassionate leave during their vacation period shall be credited with extra vacation time equivalent to the time used.
15.04 Vacations cannot be accumulated from one year to another.
15.05 When a statutory holiday occurs during an employee’s vacation, an extra day’s vacation shall be granted if the holiday is one for which the employee would have received pay if he/she had been working.
15.06 If the employment of an employee is terminated, the Employer shall pay him/her for any vacation time he/she has earned.
15.07 A vacation list shall be submitted to the employees requesting them to indicate their preference as to vacation dates. Both parties agree, however, that the vacation schedule must be practical insofar as the operation of the business is concerned and therefore the Employer is able to make a final decision as to how many and which employees would be able to take vacation at any particular time. Seniority shall prevail in the event of a conflict of vacation requests between employees.
Accumulation of Vacation Leave Credits An employee shall earn vacation leave credits for each calendar month during which the employee receives pay for at least ten (10) days at the following rate:
VACATIONS AND VACATION PAY 9.01 All employees who are covered under this Agreement shall receive vacation pay as a percent of the employee's total earnings exclusive of the Employer's contribution to the Union's Pension, Health Benefit Plan, Education and Assistance Fund and Industry Fund. Income tax shall be deducted weekly from the employee's earnings increased by the amount of vacation pay.
a. Employees shall, upon hire, receive ten percent (10%) vacation pay, and up to three weeks of vacation.
b. Employees with ten or more years of service with the Employer shall receive twelve percent (12%) vacation pay, and up to four weeks of vacation.
9.02 Vacation periods shall be arranged by mutual agreement between the Employer and each employee. Employees shall be granted their vacation periods as requested insofar as it is practical and in accordance with seniority, unless the Employer decides to grant all vacations at one time, in which case the Employer shall give the employees at least six (6) weeks advance notice.
9.03 The Employer agrees to remit the Vacation Pay of each employee as agreed upon in 9.01 of this Agreement and in accordance with the regulation set by the Employment Standards Branch, Ministry of Labour, monthly before, but not later than the fifteenth of the following month to the Union using a separate cheque marked "Vacation Pay", accompanied by a list on which all deductions and contributions as mentioned in 6.01, 13.02, 14.02a, 14.02b, 18.01, 19.01 and Schedule "A" are recorded.
9.04 In accordance with the agreement with the Employment Standards Branch, Ministry of Labour, the Board of Trustees of the Union's Vacation Pay Trust Fund, is obligated to take any steps which may be available to them either in law or in equity or in bankruptcy as may be necessary or desirable to effect collection from delinquent Employers. All costs incurred in the collection of said payment will be charged to such defaulting Employer.
9.05 The Employer agrees to give the auditor of the Union's Trust Fund the privilege to examine the Employer's records concerning hours and monies forwarded to the Union, if and when the auditor so desires. Any date for such an examination will be pre-arranged in writing between the auditor, the Employer and the Union.
VACATION AND VACATION PAY 9.01 All employees who are covered under this agreement shall receive as vacation pay in accordance with the schedule under Article 9.04, the appropriate percentage of the employee's total earnings exclusive of the Employer's contribution to the Union's Benefit Plan.
9.02 When vacations are requested by more employees than can be reasonably scheduled to be away at any one time and still carry on efficient company operations, then the choice of those employees permitted to take their vacation will be insofar as possible based on customer requirements, efficient operation of the Shop, ability of employees to perform available work and length of service of the employees.
9.03 The Employer shall post annually during January a sheet on which employees may choose their vacation period. This list shall be completed by the employees no later than May 1. Any employee failing to select vacation time by May 1 will be deemed to have forfeited their privilege based on service credit, at that time, for vacation selection purposes. The Employer shall post the final vacation schedule no later than May 31. Any request for further changes to the final schedule must be made to the Employer giving the Employer at least four (4) weeks’ notice. If a Statutory holiday (as listed under Article 10.01) falls during an employee's vacation time, the employee will have the option to take that holiday at the end of the vacation period. This will be scheduled at the time the employee schedules his vacation.
9.04 Employees shall receive vacation time if requested in accordance with the provisions outlined below. Generally, two weeks may be taken in June, July and August, but with advance notice (per Article 9.03) and as mutually agreed, more may be taken. LENGTH OF SERVICE BASED ON DATE OF HIRING (as of July 1st of the current year) Vacation Pay Vacation Time 0 – 3 Months 4% 2 weeks After 3 Months 10% 3 weeks
9.05 The above amounts of vacation pay are remitted to the Union office with the regular monthly remittance.
Vacation Leave Accrual After a full-time employee has been in pay status for eighty (80) non-overtime hours in a calendar month, the employee will accrue vacation leave according to the rate schedule below. Vacation leave accrual for part-time employees will be proportionate to the number of hours the part-time employee is in pay status during the month to that required for full-time employment.
Paid Vacation Except as otherwise provided in this Article, paid vacation shall be granted no later than the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in which it is earned. Following the completion of six (6) months of service, the employee shall be entitled to use earned paid vacation.
Annual Vacation Leave 33.01 An Employee shall not take vacation leave without prior authorization from the Employer.
33.02 Vacation entitlements with pay, shall be as follows:
(a) an Employee who has completed less than twelve (12) full months' service as of December 31st, shall receive one and one-quarter (1 1/4) work days' vacation for each calendar month worked from the commencement of service, provided that when employment has commenced on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of any month, vacation entitlements shall be earned from the first (1st) day of that month, and when employment has commenced on or after the sixteenth (16th) day of any month vacation entitlements shall be earned from the first day of the following month;
(b) an Employee who has completed twelve (12) full calendar months' service as of December 31st, shall receive fifteen (15) work days' vacation;
(c) an Employee who has completed five (5) years' service as of December 31st shall in the subsequent year(s) receive twenty (20) work days' vacation;
(d) an Employee who has completed thirteen (13) years' service as of December 31st shall in the subsequent year(s) receive twenty-five (25) work days' vacation;
(e) an Employee who has completed twenty-one (21) years' service as of December 31st shall in the subsequent year(s) receive thirty (30) work days' vacation;
(f) an Employee who has completed thirty (30) years' service as of December 31st shall in the subsequent year(s) receive thirty-five (35) work days vacation.
33.03 All calculations which result in one quarter (1/4) or three quarters (3/4) work day fractions shall be rounded out to the next one half (1/2) or full day, whichever applies; except when vacation pay is paid out upon termination pursuant to Clause 33.11.
33.04 If a paid holiday falls during an Employee's annual vacation period, the Employee shall be granted an equivalent day of vacation credit.
33.05 An Employee shall earn vacation leave pursuant to Clause 33.02 when authorized the following absences:
(a) financially assisted Education Leave;
(b) sick leave or Workers' Compensation for the first forty-four (44) consecutive work days;
(c) any other authorized leave of absence with pay for the first twenty-two (22) work days.
33.06 Vacation leave may be taken in one continuous period or in separate periods.
33.07 Except as is otherwise provided herein, vacation leave in respect of each year of service shall be taken:
(a) within twelve (12) months after the end of that year; and
(b) at such time or times as may be approved by the Employer; or with the approval of the Employer, before the end of that year.
33.08 Notwithstanding the:
(a) other provisions of this Article, and subject to operational requirements, an Employee who so requests may be authorized to take vacation leave which has been earned at a specified time within the year in which it was earned, and the vacation leave to be taken by the Employee in the following year shall be correspondingly reduced.
(b) where a terminated Employee has taken more vacation than they are entitled, the Employer is authorized to recover the monies from the Employee’s final pay cheque.
33.09 Where an Employee is allowed to take any leave of absence, other than sick leave, in conjunction with a period of vacation leave, the vacation leave shall be deemed to precede the additional leave of absence, except in the case of maternity leave which may be authorized before or after vacation leave.
33.10 Once vacations are authorized they shall not be changed, other than in cases of emergency, except by mutual agreement.
33.11 An Employee shall not be paid cash in lieu of vacation earned but not taken, except upon termination, when the Employee shall be paid in cash for the total vacation entitlement standing to the Employee's credit at the termination date.
33.12 The Employer shall, subject to operational requirements make every reasonable effort to grant an Employee, upon request, at least two (2) weeks of annual vacation entitlement during the summer months.
Vacation Periods Vacation schedules will be set by the employee’s immediate supervisor(s) and sent to the Office of Human Resources for approval. Employees may request a particular period for vacation. Vacation days may not be taken in advance of their accrual. Those employees who are on a 12-month teacher contract are paid during Spring Break and Winter Recess, however, are not expected to be in attendance or perform duties during those breaks.
VACATIONS 25.01 All employees shall be entitled to vacation with pay based on length of full-time continuous service as follows:
(a) employees who have completed less than one (1) year of full-time continuous service as of June 30 in any year shall be entitled to a vacation in the amount of one (1) day for each completed calendar month of service up to June 30 to a maximum of ten (10) days;
(b) employees who have completed ten (10) or more full calendar months of full-time continuous service as of June 30th in any year shall be entitled to a vacation in the amount of two (2) weeks;
(c) in the year that the employee completes four (4) years of full-time continuous service his vacation entitlement shall change to three (3) weeks;
(d) in the year that the employee completes ten (10) years of full-time continuous service his vacation entitlement shall change to four (4) weeks;
(e) in the year that the employee completes fifteen (15) years of full-time continuous service his vacation entitlement shall change to five (5) weeks;
(f) in the year that the employee completes twenty (20) years of full-time continuous service his vacation entitlement shall change to six (6) weeks.
25.02 There shall be no carry over of vacation from one calendar year to the next.
(a) Vacation pay for each week of vacation entitlement shall be in the amount of the employee's regular weekly earnings excluding overtime or any other premium.
(b) For employee's paid on commission, vacation pay will be calculated based on the employee's regularly scheduled hours excluding overtime or other premiums, using the employee's average hourly rate where this has been calculated for the employee according to established procedures.
25.04 Vacations shall be scheduled by the Company. Employees with less than two weeks vacation entitlement must take their entitlement at one time. Employees with 4 weeks or more vacation entitlement must take their entitlement in at least two periods, no period being greater than three weeks. An employee must take at least one week of vacation at any one time.
(a) Where an employee leaves the employ of the Company, the Company reserves the right to pay outstanding vacation pay in the amount of four (4) percent of gross earnings from the previous July 1st less any amount of vacation pay previously paid. Where an employee has already received more vacation pay than that which would be payable under the above formula, the over payment shall be deducted from his last pay. If insufficient amount exists in the employee's last pay, he shall be obligated to repay the overpayment.
(b) Where an employee is absent for any reason (which absence is unpaid by the Company) for a total of sixty (60) work days or more in any vacation year, the Company reserves the right to pro-rate the vacation and vacation pay entitlements provided herein (e.g. an employee absent sixty-one (61) work days would have vacation and vacation pay entitlements reduced by 61/260).
25.06 Employees shall indicate their vacation preferences, if any, no later than March 1st in each vacation year. Where an employee requests a specific vacation period, the Company shall confirm or deny, in writing, such request within two (2) weeks of receipt of the same. Where, in scheduling vacations in accordance with the foregoing, conflicts arise as to choice of vacation times, consideration shall be given to respective length of service, and the efficiency of operations in the final determination of a vacation schedule.
