Required Use of Vacation in Current. Year When Absences Due to Disability Extend Beyond 15 weeks: - An employee who is eligible for Salary Continuance during disability will normally have his salary continued for up to 15 weeks. However, if absences as a result of disability add up to 15 weeks in a 12 month period and the disability continues, the employee will be required to take his vacation entitlement for the current year at the end of that cumulative 15 week period. He will continue to be on vacation until his full vacation for the current year has been used up or until he returns to work, whichever comes first. - Should an employee return to work from a disability before all his vacation is used up and he later becomes disabled again within 12 months after returning to work for a period of at least 2 weeks, he will be considered on vacation again immediately until his remaining vacation entitlement has been used. - If a continuous absence due to non-occupational disability carries over into a new year, any unused vacation from the previous year must first be used at the end of the cumulative three-month period to be then followed by any new vacation to which the disabled employee becomes entitled on January 1st, to a maximum of three weeks. The scheduling of any balance of new vacation will then be determined on a monthly basis according to individual circumstances. This determination will be made by Human Resources and the Department Head.
