SPECIAL VACATIONS. 16.01 The Company will during the currency of this Agreement provide Special Vacations with pay in accordance with the following provisions: a) Each employee who completes his first five (5) years on the anniversary date of his employment shall become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay in addition to vacation entitlements under the provisions of Article 15 of this Agreement. b) Each employee upon completion of each additional five (5) years on the anniversary date of his employment since last becoming entitled to a Special Vacation with pay shall thereupon similarly become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay. c) The expression 'anniversary date of his employment' in this Article shall be determined on the same basis as set out in Section 15.07. d) An employee can have access to his next Special Vacation entitlement to the extent of one (1) week of Special Vacation for each completed year of employment during the five (5) year period either before becoming entitled to or between entitlements to Special Vacation, to a maximum of four (4) weeks of Special Vacation. The employee cannot have any outstanding Special Vacation at the time he accesses Special Vacation under this Section. Any Special Vacation taken under this Section will be deducted from the employee’s next Special Vacation entitlement. e) The pay for each week of Special Vacation which is taken shall be equal to two per cent (2%) of the employee's earnings from the Company in the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which such week of Special Vacation is taken. f) Should an employee after becoming entitled to Special Vacation with pay fail to take it within five (5) years of the date of entitlement for any reason including death or retirement, the Company will pay the employee or his estate in lieu of the vacation time. The amount of payment will be calculated as though the employee had taken the vacation immediately prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of his entitlement or to the date of his termination of employment or his death as the case may be. g) In determining the length of a Special Vacation a week shall mean seven (7) consecutive days including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays falling within the period. h) The allocation of Vacations with Pay under the provisions of Article 15 shall have priority over the allocation of Special Vacations granted under this Article. i) In order to minimize interference with the normal operations of the Company, Special Vacations will be granted only at such times and in such amounts as the Company, in its discretion, may determine but subject thereto due consideration will be given to the wishes of the individual employee. It is anticipated that, in most cases, an employee's Special Vacation will be taken within the five (5) year period following the date on which he becomes entitled to it and it is hoped early in that period. j) In the case of any employee who retires or otherwise ceases to be employed by the Company or dies, he or his estate shall be entitled, in addition to the payment provided for in subparagraph (e) of this Article, to an amount equal to two per cent (2%) of his earnings in the calendar year preceding his retirement, cessation of employment or death for each full year from the date of his last entitlement to a Special Vacation. k) An employee who is entitled to Special Vacation with pay may take in any calendar year up to forty (40) hours of that Special Vacation in individual days. Each day taken will be equal in length to the number of hours the employee would have worked in his regular shift on that day and pay for that day will be equal to the pay he is entitled to under subsection (e) above divided by the number of hours in his regular shift on that day. If at the end of the calendar year the total number of hours taken is less than forty (40), the employee will be paid the difference between the amount of Special Vacation pay received under this subsection and a week of Special Vacation under subsection (d) unless the employee elects to carry this remaining time into the next calendar year in accordance with Subsection (l). An employee working on a twelve (12) hour shift schedule, will have the option to schedule up to forty (40) hours of Special Vacation, made up of three (3) twelve (12) hour shifts and one (1) four (4) hour period of such Special Vacation. l) An employee who has taken any special vacation in individual days pursuant to subsection (k) may elect to carry over any remaining hours into the next calendar year by notifying his/her supervisor in writing, prior to December 1. This remaining time must be used before commencing a new entitlement of individual days of special vacation under subsection
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SPECIAL VACATIONS. 16.01 The Company will during the currency of this Agreement provide Special Vacations with pay in accordance with the following provisions:
a) Each employee who completes his their first five (5) years on the anniversary date of his the employee’s employment shall become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay in addition to vacation entitlements under the provisions of Article 15 of this Agreement.
b) Each employee upon completion of each additional five (5) years on the anniversary date of his the employee’s employment since last becoming entitled to a Special Vacation with pay shall thereupon similarly become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay.
c) The expression 'anniversary date of his the employee’s employment' in this Article shall be determined on the same basis as set out in Section 15.07.
d) An employee can have access to his their next Special Vacation entitlement to the extent of one (1) week of Special Vacation for each completed year of employment during the five (5) year period either before becoming entitled to or between entitlements to Special Vacation, to a maximum of four (4) weeks of Special Vacation. The employee cannot have any outstanding Special Vacation at the time he the employee accesses Special Vacation under this Section. Any Special Vacation taken under this Section will be deducted from the employee’s next Special Vacation entitlement.
e) The pay for each week of Special Vacation which is taken shall be equal to two per cent (2%) of the employee's earnings from the Company in the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which such week of Special Vacation is taken.
f) Should an employee after becoming entitled to Special Vacation with pay fail to take it within five (5) years of the date of entitlement for any reason including death or retirement, the Company will pay the employee or his the employee’s estate in lieu of the vacation time. The amount of payment will be calculated as though the employee had taken the vacation immediately prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of his the employee’s entitlement or to the date of his the employee’s termination of employment or his the employee’s death as the case may be.
g) In determining the length of a Special Vacation a week shall mean seven (7) consecutive days including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays falling within the period.
h) The allocation of Vacations with Pay under the provisions of Article 15 shall have priority over the allocation of Special Vacations granted under this Article.
i) In order to minimize interference with the normal operations of the Company, Special Vacations will be granted only at such times and in such amounts as the Company, in its discretion, may determine but subject thereto due consideration will be given to the wishes of the individual employee. It is anticipated that, in most cases, an employee's Special Vacation will be taken within the five (5) year period following the date on which he the employee becomes entitled to it and it is hoped early in that period.
j) In the case of any employee who retires or otherwise ceases to be employed by the Company or dies, he the employee or his their estate shall be entitled, in addition to the payment provided for in subparagraph (e) of this Article, to an amount equal to two per cent (2%) of his the employee’s earnings in the calendar year preceding his the employee’s retirement, cessation of employment or death for each full year from the date of his the employee’s last entitlement to a Special Vacation.
k) An employee who is entitled to Special Vacation with pay may take in any calendar year up to forty (40) hours of that Special Vacation in individual days. Each day taken will be equal in length to the number of hours the employee would have worked in his the employee’s regular shift on that day and pay for that day will be equal to the pay he the employee is entitled to under subsection (e) above divided by the number of hours in his the employee’s regular shift on that day. If at the end of the calendar year the total number of hours taken is less than forty (40), the employee remaining hours will be paid the difference between the amount of Special Vacation pay received under this subsection and a week of Special Vacation under subsection (d) unless the employee elects to carry this remaining time carried over into the next calendar year in accordance with Subsection (l). An employee working on a twelve (12) hour shift schedule, will have the option to schedule up to forty (40) hours of Special Vacation, made up of three (3) twelve (12) hour shifts and one one
(1) four (4) hour period of such Special Vacation.
l) An employee who has taken any special vacation in individual days pursuant to subsection (k) may elect to carry over will have any remaining hours carried over into the next calendar year by notifying his/her supervisor in writing, prior to December 1year. This remaining time must be used before commencing a new entitlement of individual days of special vacation under subsectionsubsection (k). Any unused remaining time carried over from a previous year will be paid out at the end of the calendar year.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SPECIAL VACATIONS. 16.01 The Company will during the currency of this Agreement provide Special Vacations with pay in accordance with the following provisions:
a) Each employee who completes his first five (5) years on the anniversary date of his employment shall become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay in addition to vacation entitlements under the provisions of Article 15 of this Agreement.
b) Each employee upon completion of each additional five (5) years on the anniversary date of his employment since last becoming entitled to a Special Vacation with pay shall thereupon similarly become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay.
c) The expression 'anniversary date of his employment' in this Article shall be determined on the same basis as set out in Section 15.07.
d) An employee can have access to his next Special Vacation entitlement to the extent of one (1) week of Special Vacation for each completed year of employment during the five (5) year period either before becoming entitled to or between entitlements to Special Vacation, to a maximum of four (4) weeks of Special Vacation. The employee cannot have any outstanding Special Vacation at the time he accesses Special Vacation under this Section. Any Special Vacation taken under this Section will be deducted from the employee’s next Special Vacation entitlement.
e) The pay for each week of Special Vacation which is taken shall be equal to two per cent (2%) of the employee's earnings from the Company in the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which such week of Special Vacation is taken.
f) Should an employee after becoming entitled to Special Vacation with pay fail to take it within five (5) years of the date of entitlement for any reason including death or retirement, the Company will pay the employee or his estate in lieu of the vacation time. The amount of payment will be calculated as though the employee had taken the vacation immediately prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of his entitlement or to the date of his termination of employment or his death as the case may be.
g) In determining the length of a Special Vacation a week shall mean seven (7) consecutive days including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays falling within the period.
h) The allocation of Vacations with Pay under the provisions of Article 15 shall have priority over the allocation of Special Vacations granted under this Article.
i) In order to minimize interference with the normal operations of the Company, Special Vacations will be granted only at such times and in such amounts as the Company, in its discretion, may determine but subject thereto due consideration will be given to the wishes of the individual employee. It is anticipated that, in most cases, an employee's Special Vacation will be taken within the five (5) year period following the date on which he becomes entitled to it and it is hoped early in that period.
j) In the case of any employee who retires or otherwise ceases to be employed by the Company or dies, he or his estate shall be entitled, in addition to the payment provided for in subparagraph (e) of this Article, to an amount equal to two per cent (2%) of his earnings in the calendar year preceding his retirement, cessation of employment or death for each full year from the date of his last entitlement to a Special Vacation.
k) An employee who is entitled to Special Vacation with pay may take in any calendar year up to forty (40) hours of that Special Vacation in individual days. Each day taken will be equal in length to the number of hours the employee would have worked in his regular shift on that day and pay for that day will be equal to the pay he is entitled to under subsection (e) above divided by the number of hours in his regular shift on that day. If at the end of the calendar year the total number of hours taken is less than forty (40), the employee will be paid the difference between the amount of Special Vacation pay received under this subsection and a week of Special Vacation under subsection (d) unless the employee elects to carry this remaining time into the next calendar year in accordance with Subsection (l). An employee working on a twelve (12) hour shift schedule, will have the option to schedule up to forty (40) hours of Special Vacation, made up of three (3) twelve (12) hour shifts and one (1) four (4) hour period of such Special Vacation.
l) An employee who has taken any special vacation in individual days pursuant to subsection (k) may elect to carry over any remaining hours into the next calendar year by notifying his/her supervisor in writing, prior to December 1. This remaining time must be used before commencing a new entitlement of individual days of special vacation under subsectionseven
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SPECIAL VACATIONS. 16.01 The Company will during the currency of this Agreement provide Special Vacations with pay in accordance with the following provisions:
a) Each employee 21.01 Employees who completes his first five (5) years on the anniversary date of his employment shall become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay in addition to vacation entitlements under the provisions of Article 15 of this Agreement.
b) Each employee upon completion of each additional five (5) years on the anniversary date of his employment since last becoming entitled to a Special Vacation with pay shall thereupon similarly become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay.
c) The expression 'anniversary date of his employment' in this Article shall be determined on the same basis as set out in Section 15.07.
d) An employee can have access to his next Special Vacation entitlement to the extent of one (1) week of Special Vacation for each completed year of employment during the five (5) year period either before becoming entitled to or between entitlements to Special Vacation, to a maximum of four (4) weeks of Special Vacation. The employee cannot have any outstanding Special Vacation at the time he accesses Special Vacation under this Section. Any Special Vacation taken under this Section will be deducted from the employee’s next Special Vacation entitlement.
e) The pay for each week of Special Vacation which is taken shall be equal to two per cent (2%) of the employee's earnings from the Company in the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which such week of Special Vacation is taken.
f) Should an employee after becoming entitled to Special Vacation with pay fail to take it within five (5) years of service, whether broken or continuous, prior to January 1st of each year, shall be entitled to Special Vacation of three (3) weeks in addition to their regular vacation entitlement. The three (3) weeks of Special Vacation shall be taken within the date subsequent five (5) year qualifying period. During each subsequent five (5) year qualifying period, those employees shall become eligible for a further three (3) weeks of entitlement for any reason including death or retirement, Special Vacation.
21.02 Special Vacations shall be governed by the following conditions:
(i) They shall be taken at times which are suitable to both the Company will pay and the employee or his estate in lieu of the vacation time. The amount of payment will be calculated as though the employee had taken the vacation immediately prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of his entitlement or to the date of his termination of employment or his death as the case may beemployee.
g(ii) The allocation of regular vacations with pay shall have priority over the allocation of Special Vacations.
(iii) In determining the length of a Special Vacation Vacation, a week shall mean seven (7) consecutive days including Saturdaysa work week as defined in Marginal Paragraph 13.01, Sundays and shall include any holidays falling within the periodperiod provided that if a Statutory Holiday as defined herein falls within the period and the employee concerned would have become entitled to pay for such holiday not worked if he had not been on Special Vacation, he shall be paid for such holiday.
h(iv) Special Vacation pay shall be computed on the basis of forty (40) hours remuneration per week based on earnings during the four (4) week period immediately preceding the Special Vacation determined as follows:
(a) The allocation rate of Vacations vacation pay shall be the standard hourly rate at which the employee worked the majority of shifts in the total of the two (2) pay periods preceding the Special Vacation and the standard hourly rate so established will be paid for the duration of such vacation; and
(b) When standard hourly rates are increased in accordance with Pay under the provisions Schedule "A" of Article 15 this Collective Agreement, an employee shall have priority over his established standard hourly rate increased accordingly on that portion of his vacations taken after the allocation effective date of Special Vacations granted under this Articlesuch increase;
(c) Vacation time for employees working on the 4x4 continuous shift schedule shall be complemented by eight (8) hours of earned rest time or unpaid leave as required to make up a forty-eight (48) hour work block.
i(v) In order to minimize interference with the normal operations of the Company, Special Vacations will be granted only at such times and in such amounts as the Company, in its discretion, may determine but subject thereto due consideration will be given to the wishes of the individual employee. It is anticipated that, in most cases, event that an employee's Special Vacation will cannot be scheduled to be taken within during a five (5) year qualifying period, then at the end of such period the employee shall be paid a sum equal to the amount of Special Vacation pay which he would have received if he had taken his Special Vacation at the end of the five (5) year period following the date on which he becomes entitled to it and it is hoped early in that period.
j) In the case of any employee who retires or otherwise ceases to be employed by the Company or dies, he or his estate shall be entitled, in addition to the payment provided for in subparagraph (e) of this Article, to an amount equal to two per cent (2%) of his earnings in the calendar year preceding his retirement, cessation of employment or death for each full year from the date of his last entitlement to a Special Vacation.
kvi) An employee who is retires to pension during a five (5) year qualifying period shall be entitled to Special Vacation with pay may take in any calendar year up a payment equivalent to forty (40) hours of that Special Vacation in individual days. Each day taken will be equal in length to the number of hours the employee would have worked in his regular shift on that day and pay for that day will be equal to the pay he is entitled to under subsection (e) above divided by the number of hours in his regular shift on that day. If at the end of the calendar year the total number of hours taken is less than forty (40), the employee will be paid the difference between the amount of Special Vacation pay received under this subsection and a week of Special Vacation under subsection (d) unless the employee elects to carry this remaining time into the next calendar year in accordance with Subsection (l). An employee working on a twelve (12) hour shift schedule, will have the option to schedule up to forty (40) hours of Special Vacation, made up of full three (3) twelve weeks of Special Vacation pay, provided he has worked a minimum of fifty percent (1250%) hour shifts and one of the available time or sixty (160) four (4) hour period of such Special Vacationdays, whichever is the lesser, during the qualifying period.
l(vii) An If an employee who leaves the service of the Company or his employment is terminated during any five (5) year qualifying period, he shall be paid a sum proportionate to the service he has taken any special vacation completed in individual days pursuant the qualifying period. Should such an employee be rehired, upon completion of this qualifying period he will be eligible to subsection (k) may elect to carry over any remaining hours into the next calendar year by notifying his/her supervisor in writing, prior to December 1. This remaining time must be used before commencing a new entitlement of individual days of special vacation under subsectionreceive three
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SPECIAL VACATIONS. 16.01 The Company will during the currency of this Agreement provide Special Vacations with pay in accordance with the following provisions:
a) Each employee 21.01 Employees who completes his first five (5) years on the anniversary date of his employment shall become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay in addition to vacation entitlements under the provisions of Article 15 of this Agreement.
b) Each employee upon completion of each additional five (5) years on the anniversary date of his employment since last becoming entitled to a Special Vacation with pay shall thereupon similarly become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay.
c) The expression 'anniversary date of his employment' in this Article shall be determined on the same basis as set out in Section 15.07.
d) An employee can have access to his next Special Vacation entitlement to the extent of one (1) week of Special Vacation for each completed year of employment during the five (5) year period either before becoming entitled to or between entitlements to Special Vacation, to a maximum of four (4) weeks of Special Vacation. The employee cannot have any outstanding Special Vacation at the time he accesses Special Vacation under this Section. Any Special Vacation taken under this Section will be deducted from the employee’s next Special Vacation entitlement.
e) The pay for each week of Special Vacation which is taken shall be equal to two per cent (2%) of the employee's earnings from the Company in the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which such week of Special Vacation is taken.
f) Should an employee after becoming entitled to Special Vacation with pay fail to take it within five (5) years of service, whether broken or continuous, prior to January 1st of each year, shall be entitled to Special Vacation of three (3) weeks in addition to their regular vacation entitlement. The three (3) weeks of Special Vacation shall be taken within the date subsequent five (5) year qualifying period. During each subsequent five (5) year qualifying period, those employees shall become eligible for a further three (3) weeks of entitlement for any reason including death or retirement, Special Vacation.
21.02 Special Vacations shall be governed by the following conditions:
(i) They shall be taken at times which are suitable to both the Company will pay and the employee or his estate in lieu of the vacation time. The amount of payment will be calculated as though the employee had taken the vacation immediately prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of his entitlement or to the date of his termination of employment or his death as the case may beemployee.
g(ii) The allocation of regular vacations with pay shall have priority over the allocation of Special Vacations.
(iii) In determining the length of a Special Vacation Vacation, a week shall mean seven (7) consecutive days including Saturdaysa work week as defined in Marginal Paragraph 13.01, Sundays and shall include any holidays falling within the periodperiod provided that if a Statutory Holiday as defined herein falls within the period and the employee concerned would have become entitled to pay for such holiday not worked if he had not been on Special Vacation, he shall be paid for such holiday.
h(iv) Special Vacation pay shall be computed on the basis of forty (40) hours remuneration per week based on earnings during the four (4) week period immediately preceding the Special Vacation deter- mined as follows:
(a) The allocation rate of Vacations vacation pay shall be the standard hourly rate at which the employee worked the majority of shifts in the total of the two (2) pay periods preceding the Special Vacation and the standard hourly rate so established will be paid for the duration of such vacation; and
(b) When standard hourly rates are increased in accordance with Pay under the provisions Schedule “A” of Article 15 this Collec- tive Agreement, an employee shall have priority over his established standard hourly rate increased ac- cordingly on that portion of his vacations taken after the allocation effective date of such increase;
(c) Vacation time for employees working on the 4x4 continuous shift schedule shall be comple- mented by eight (8) hours of earned rest time or unpaid leave as required to make up a forty- eight (48) hour work block.
(v) In the event that an employee’s Special Vacation cannot be scheduled to be taken during a five (5) year qualifying period, then at the end of such pe- riod the employee shall be paid a sum equal to the amount of Special Vacations granted under this Article.
i) In order to minimize interference with the normal operations of the Company, Special Vacations will be granted only at such times and in such amounts as the Company, in its discretion, may determine but subject thereto due consideration will be given to the wishes of the individual employee. It is anticipated that, in most cases, an employee's Vacation pay which he would have received if he had taken his Special Vacation will be taken within at the end of the five (5) year period following the date on which he becomes entitled to it and it is hoped early in that period.
j) In the case of any employee who retires or otherwise ceases to be employed by the Company or dies, he or his estate shall be entitled, in addition to the payment provided for in subparagraph (e) of this Article, to an amount equal to two per cent (2%) of his earnings in the calendar year preceding his retirement, cessation of employment or death for each full year from the date of his last entitlement to a Special Vacation.
kvi) An employee who is entitled retires to Special Vacation with pay may take in any calendar year up to forty (40) hours of that Special Vacation in individual days. Each day taken will be equal in length to the number of hours the employee would have worked in his regular shift on that day and pay for that day will be equal to the pay he is entitled to under subsection (e) above divided by the number of hours in his regular shift on that day. If at the end of the calendar year the total number of hours taken is less than forty (40), the employee will be paid the difference between the amount of Special Vacation pay received under this subsection and pension during a week of Special Vacation under subsection (d) unless the employee elects to carry this remaining time into the next calendar year in accordance with Subsection (l). An employee working on a twelve (12) hour shift schedule, will have the option to schedule up to forty (40) hours of Special Vacation, made up of three (3) twelve (12) hour shifts and one (1) four (4) hour period of such Special Vacation.
l) An employee who has taken any special vacation in individual days pursuant to subsection (k) may elect to carry over any remaining hours into the next calendar year by notifying his/her supervisor in writing, prior to December 1. This remaining time must be used before commencing a new entitlement of individual days of special vacation under subsectionfive
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SPECIAL VACATIONS. 16.01 The Company will during the currency of this Agreement provide Special Vacations with pay in accordance with the following provisions:
a) Each employee who completes his first five (5) years on the anniversary date of his employment shall become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay in addition to vacation entitlements under the provisions of Article 15 of this Agreement.
b) Each employee upon completion of each additional five (5) years on the anniversary date of his employment since last becoming entitled to a Special Vacation with pay shall thereupon similarly become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay.
c) The expression 'anniversary date of his employment' in this Article shall be determined on the same basis as set out in Section 15.07.
d) An employee can have access to his next Special Vacation entitlement to the extent of one (1) week of Special Vacation for each completed year of employment during the five (5) year period either before becoming entitled to or between entitlements to Special Vacation, to a maximum of four (4) weeks of Special Vacation. The employee cannot have any outstanding Special Vacation at the time he accesses Special Vacation under this Section. Any Special Vacation taken under this Section will be deducted from the employee’s next Special Vacation entitlement.
e) The pay for each week of Special Vacation which is taken shall be equal to two per cent (2%) of the employee's earnings from the Company in the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which such week of Special Vacation is taken.
f) Should an employee after becoming entitled to Special Vacation with pay fail to take it within five (5) years of the date of entitlement for any reason including death or retirement, the Company will pay the employee or his estate in lieu of the vacation time. The amount of payment will be calculated as though the employee had taken the vacation immediately prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of his entitlement or to the date of his termination of employment or his death as the case may be.
g) In determining the length of a Special Vacation a week shall mean seven (7) consecutive days including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays falling within the period.
h) The allocation of Vacations with Pay under the provisions of Article 15 shall have priority over the allocation of Special Vacations granted under this Article.
i) In order to minimize interference with the normal operations of the Company, Special Vacations will be granted only at such times and in such amounts as the Company, in its discretion, may determine but subject thereto due consideration will be given to the wishes of the individual employee. It is anticipated that, in most cases, an employee's Special Vacation will be taken within the five (5) year period following the date on which he becomes entitled to it and it is hoped early in that period.
j) In the case of any employee who retires or otherwise ceases to be employed by the Company or dies, he or his estate shall be entitled, in addition to the payment provided for in subparagraph (e) of this Article, to an amount equal to two per cent (2%) of his earnings in the calendar year preceding his retirement, cessation of employment or death for each full year from the date of his last entitlement to a Special Vacation.
k) An employee who is entitled to Special Vacation with pay may take in any calendar year up to forty (40) hours of that Special Vacation in individual days. Each day taken will be equal in length to the number of hours the employee would have worked in his regular shift on that day and pay for that day will be equal to the pay he is entitled to under subsection (e) above divided by the number of hours in his regular shift on that day. If at the end of the calendar year the total number of hours taken is less than forty (40), the employee will be paid the difference between the amount of Special Vacation pay received under this subsection and a week of Special Vacation under subsection (d) unless the employee elects to carry this remaining time into the next calendar year in accordance with Subsection (l). An employee working on a twelve (12) hour shift schedule, will have the option to schedule up to forty (40) hours of Special Vacation, made up of three (3) twelve (12) hour shifts and one (1) four (4) hour period of such Special Vacation.
l) An employee who has taken any special vacation in individual days pursuant to subsection (k) may elect to carry over any remaining hours into the next calendar year by notifying his/her supervisor in writing, prior to December 1. This remaining time must be used before commencing a new entitlement of individual days of special vacation under subsectionsubsection (k). Any unused remaining time carried over from a previous year will be paid out at the end of the calendar year.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SPECIAL VACATIONS. 16.01 The Company will during the currency of this Agreement provide Special Vacations with pay in accordance with the following provisions:
a) Each employee who completes his first five (5) years on the anniversary date of his employment shall become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay in addition to vacation entitlements under the provisions of Article 15 of this Agreement.
b) Each employee upon completion of each additional five (5) years on the anniversary date of his employment since last becoming entitled to a Special Vacation with pay shall thereupon similarly become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay.
c) The expression 'anniversary date of his employment' in this Article shall be determined on the same basis as set out in Section 15.07.
d) An employee can have access to his next Special Vacation entitlement to the extent of one one
(1) week of Special Vacation for each completed year of employment during the five (5) year period either before becoming entitled to or between entitlements to Special Vacation, to a maximum of four (4) weeks of Special Vacation. The employee cannot have any outstanding Special Vacation at the time he accesses Special Vacation under this Section. Any Special Vacation taken under this Section will be deducted from the employee’s next Special Vacation entitlement.
e) The pay for each week of Special Vacation which is taken shall be equal to two per cent (2%) of the employee's earnings from the Company in the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which such week of Special Vacation is taken.
f) Should an employee after becoming entitled to Special Vacation with pay fail to take it within five (5) years of the date of entitlement for any reason including death or retirement, the Company will pay the employee or his estate in lieu of the vacation time. The amount of payment will be calculated as though the employee had taken the vacation immediately prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of his entitlement or to the date of his termination of employment or his death as the case may be.
g) In determining the length of a Special Vacation a week shall mean seven (7) consecutive days including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays falling within the period.
h) The allocation of Vacations with Pay under the provisions of Article 15 shall have priority over the allocation of Special Vacations granted under this Article.
i) In order to minimize interference with the normal operations of the Company, Special Vacations will be granted only at such times and in such amounts as the Company, in its discretion, may determine but subject thereto due consideration will be given to the wishes of the individual employee. It is anticipated that, in most cases, an employee's Special Vacation will be taken within the five (5) year period following the date on which he becomes entitled to it and it is hoped early in that period.
j) In the case of any employee who retires or otherwise ceases to be employed by the Company or dies, he or his estate shall be entitled, in addition to the payment provided for in subparagraph (e) of this Article, to an amount equal to two per cent (2%) of his earnings in the calendar year preceding his retirement, cessation of employment or death for each full year from the date of his last entitlement to a Special Vacation.
k) An employee who is entitled to Special Vacation with pay may take in any calendar year up to forty (40) hours of that Special Vacation in individual days. Each day taken will be equal in length to the number of hours the employee would have worked in his regular shift on that day and pay for that day will be equal to the pay he is entitled to under subsection (e) above divided by the number of hours in his regular shift on that day. If at the end of the calendar year the total number of hours taken is less than forty (40), the employee will be paid the difference between the amount of Special Vacation pay received under this subsection and a week of Special Vacation under subsection (d) unless the employee elects to carry this remaining time into the next calendar year in accordance with Subsection (l). An employee working on a twelve (12) hour shift schedule, will have the option to schedule up to forty (40) hours of Special Vacation, made up of three (3) twelve (12) hour shifts and one (1) four (4) hour period of such Special Vacation.
l) An employee who has taken any special vacation in individual days pursuant to subsection (k) may elect to carry over any remaining hours into the next calendar year by notifying his/her supervisor in writing, prior to December 1. This remaining time must be used before commencing a new entitlement of individual days of special vacation under subsectionsubparagraph
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SPECIAL VACATIONS. 16.01 The Company will during 13.01 During the currency life of this Agreement provide Special Vacations with pay in accordance with the following provisions:
a) Each each employee who completes his first five three (53) years on of continuous service since the anniversary date of his employment shall become entitled to five (5) weeks of Special Vacation with pay in addition to vacation entitlements under most recent hiring or since the provisions of Article 15 of this Agreement.
b) Each employee upon completion of each additional five (5) years on the anniversary date of his employment since he last becoming became entitled to a Special Vacation with pay under the previous Collective Agreement between the Company and the Union, whichever is later, shall thereupon similarly become entitled to five one hundred and twenty (5120) weeks work hours of Special Vacation with pay.
c13.02 During the three (3) The expression 'anniversary date year period since he last became entitled to a Special Vacation, an employee will be permitted to take a maximum of his employment' in this Article shall be determined on the same basis as set out in Section 15.07.
dforty (40) An employee can have access to work hours of Special Vacation from his next Special Vacation entitlement to the extent of one (1) week of a Special Vacation for each completed year of employment during since the five (5) year period either before becoming date he last became entitled to or between entitlements to a Special Vacation, to a maximum of four (4) weeks of Special Vacation. The Vacation provided at the time the employee candoes not have any outstanding Special Vacation at the time he accesses Special Vacation under this SectionVacation. Any Special Vacation taken under pursuant to this Section will Clause 13.02 shall be deducted from the employee’s next entitlement to a Special Vacation.
13.03 Whenever an employee becomes entitled to some Special Vacation entitlement.
e) The with pay for each week and the total number of work hours of Special Vacation with pay to which he is taken entitled, including what he has just become entitled to, exceeds two hundred and forty (240), work hour(s) in excess of two hundred and forty (240) shall forthwith be equal to two per cent (2%known as a “Payout Hour(s)”. In lieu of granting the Payout Hour(s) of the employee's earnings from Special Vacation, the Company in will pay to such employee the calendar year immediately preceding Special Vacation pay to which he would have been entitled if he had taken the year in which such week Payout Hour(s) of Special Vacation is taken.
f) Should an employee after immediately prior to most recently becoming entitled to Special Vacation with pay fail to take it within five (5) years of the date of entitlement for any reason including death or retirement, the Company will pay the employee or his estate in lieu of the vacation timepay. The amount total number of payment will work hours of Special Vacation with pay to which he is entitled shall then be calculated as though the employee had taken the vacation immediately prior to the fifth two hundred and forty (5th) anniversary of his entitlement or to the date of his termination of employment or his death as the case may be240).
g) 13.04 In determining the length of a Special Vacation a week shall mean seven (7) consecutive days including SaturdaysSaturdays and Sundays. Where a general holiday occurs during a Special Vacation, Sundays and holidays falling within the periodSpecial Vacation shall be lengthened by the number of hours he was regularly scheduled to work on the day of the general holiday or would have been scheduled to work if such general holiday had been a regularly scheduled work day for him.
h) 13.05 The allocation of Vacations with Pay under the provisions of Article 15 shall have priority over the allocation pay for each work hour of Special Vacations Vacation granted under this Articleshall be equal to zero point zero five per cent (0.05%) of the employee's earnings from the Company in the calendar year (January 1 to December 31) immediately preceding the taking of the Special Vacation provided, however, that:
(a) if the employee was absent from work for more than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days in that calendar year on account of illness or accident, the Special Vacation pay for each work hour shall, if preferable to the employee, be equal to zero point zero five per cent (0.05%) of the employee's earnings from the Company in the most recent twelve (12) calendar months, not necessarily consecutive, in which he worked at least some time in the month, and
(b) if preferable to the employee, the pay for each work hour of Special Vacation shall be equal to his basic rate.
i) In order 13.06 Should an employee who is entitled to minimize interference any Special Vacation with pay retire or otherwise cease to be employed by the Company or die before taking the same, the Company will in lieu of granting such Special Vacation, pay to such employee or to his estate should he have died, the Special Vacation pay to which he would have been entitled if he had taken such Special Vacation immediately prior to the cessation of his employment with the normal operations of the Company, Special Vacations will be granted only at such times and in such amounts Company or immediately prior to his death as the Company, in its discretion, case may determine but subject thereto due consideration will be given to the wishes of the individual employee. It is anticipated that, in most cases, an employee's Special Vacation will be taken within the five (5) year period following the date on which he becomes entitled to it and it is hoped early in that periodbe.
j) 13.07 In the case of any employee who retires or otherwise ceases to be employed by the Company or dies, he or his estate shall be entitled, in addition to the payment provided for in subparagraph (e) Clause 13.06 of this Article, to an amount equal to two per cent (2%) of his earnings from the Company in the calendar year preceding his retirementretire- ment, cessation of employment or death for each full year from the date of his last entitlement to a Special Vacation.
k) An employee who 13.08 The allocation of vacations with pay under the provisions of Article 12 hereof shall have priority over the allocation of Special Vacations and banked overtime.
13.09 In order to minimize interference with the normal operations of the Company, Special Vacations will be granted only at such times and in such amounts as the Company in its discretion may determine but subject thereto, due consideration will be given to the wishes of the individual employee. It is entitled to anticipated that, in most cases, an employee's Special Vacation with pay may take in any calendar year up to forty (40) hours of that Special Vacation in individual days. Each day taken will be equal in length to taken within the number of hours the employee would have worked in his regular shift on that day and pay for that day will be equal to the pay he is entitled to under subsection (e) above divided by the number of hours in his regular shift on that day. If at the end of the calendar year the total number of hours taken is less than forty (40), the employee will be paid the difference between the amount of Special Vacation pay received under this subsection and a week of Special Vacation under subsection (d) unless the employee elects to carry this remaining time into the next calendar year in accordance with Subsection (l). An employee working on a twelve (12) hour shift schedule, will have the option to schedule up to forty (40) hours of Special Vacation, made up of three (3) twelve (12) hour shifts year period following the date on which he becomes entitled to it and it is hoped early in that period.
13.10 Special Vacation entitlement may not be taken in periods of less than one (1) four (4) hour period of such Special Vacationfull day.
l) An 13.11 Special Vacation entitlement when granted will be in accordance with the provisions of Clause 13.09.
13.12 In this Article 13 “work hour” means an hour that the employee who has taken any special vacation would normally be scheduled to work in individual days pursuant to subsection (k) may elect to carry over any remaining hours into the next calendar year by notifying his/her supervisor in writing, prior to December 1. This remaining time must be used before commencing a new entitlement of individual days of special vacation under subsectionweek.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
