Splitting of Vacation Periods. Annual vacations for employees with ten (10) work days’ vacation or more shall be granted in one (1) continuous period but may, upon request from the employee, be divided, subject to the approval of the Employer, provided that the following shall apply:
1. The Employer’s approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, taking into consideration the operational requirements of the department; and
2. At least one block of vacation shall be at least five (5) days in duration. Employees wishing to split their vacations shall exercise seniority rights in the choice of the first vacation period. Seniority shall prevail in the choice of the second vacation period, but only after all other “first” vacation periods have been approved. Seniority shall also prevail in the choice of each subsequent vacation period, but only after each previous vacation period has been approved. Annual vacations for employees with less than ten (10) work days’ vacation shall be granted in one (1) continuous period.
Splitting of Vacation Periods. Annual vacation for employees with 10 days’ vacation or more shall be granted in one continuous period but may, upon request from the employee, be divided, subject to the approval of the Employer, provided that the following shall apply:
(a) the Employer's approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, taking into consideration the operational requirements of the department; and
(b) at least one block of vacation shall be at least five days in duration. Employees wishing to split their vacations shall exercise seniority rights in the choice of the first vacation period. Seniority shall prevail in the choice of the second vacation period, but only after all other "first" vacation periods have been approved. Seniority shall also prevail in the choice of each subsequent vacation period, but only after each previous vacation period has been approved. Annual vacations for employees with less than 10 workdays’ vacation shall be granted in one continuous period. Changes requested in selected vacation periods for bereavement reasons shall be given careful consideration. Such changes shall not affect the selected vacation periods of other employees. Vacation schedules, once approved by the Employer, shall not be changed other than in cases of emergency, except by mutual agreement between the employee and the Employer.
Splitting of Vacation Periods. (1) Annual vacations for employees with ten (10) working days’ vacation or more shall be granted in one (1) continuous period but may, upon request from the employee, be divided into not more than two (2) periods subject to the approval of the Employer.
(2) Employees wishing to split their vacations shall exercise seniority rights in the choice of the first vacation period. Seniority shall prevail in the choice of the second vacation period, but only after all other “first” vacation periods have been posted. After five (5) years continuous service seniority shall also prevail in the choice of the third vacation period, but only after the “first” and “second” vacation periods have been posted. Seniority shall also prevail in the choice of the fourth vacation period, but only after all other “first”, “second” and “third” vacation periods have been posted.
(3) Annual vacations for employees with less than ten (10) work days’ vacation shall be granted in one (1) continuous period.
Splitting of Vacation Periods. Annual vacations for employees with ten (10) work days' vacation or more shall be granted in one (1) continuous period but may, upon request from the employee, be divided as per the following, subject to the approval of the Employer:
(1) Five (5) vacation days may be split into blocks of one (1) or more days.
(2) all other blocks of vacation shall be at least five (5) days in duration. Annual vacations for employees with less than ten (10) work days’ vacation shall be granted in one (1) continuous period.
Splitting of Vacation Periods. Employees wishing to split their vacations shall exercise seniority rights in the choice of the first vacation period. Seniority shall prevail in the choice of the second vacation period, but only after all other "first" vacation periods have been posted. Seniority shall also prevail in the choice of the third vacation period, but only after all other "first" and "second" vacation periods have been posted. Seniority shall also prevail in the choice of the fourth vacation period, but only after all other "first," "second" and "third" vacation periods have been posted.
Splitting of Vacation Periods. An Employer must allow an employee who is entitled to an annual vacation to take it in periods of one or more weeks as requested by the employee.
Splitting of Vacation Periods. Annual vacation for employees shall be granted in one (1) continuous period but in cases of more than ten (10) days vacation may, upon request from the employee, be divided as follows:
(1) The Employer's approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, taking into consideration the employee’s seniority at the worksite and the operational requirements of the department; and
(2) At least one (1) block of vacation shall be at least five (5) days in duration. Changes requested in selected vacation periods for compassionate reasons shall be given careful consideration. Such changes shall not affect the selected vacation periods of other employees. Vacation schedules, once approved by the Employer, shall not be changed other than in cases of emergency, except by mutual agreement between the employee and the Employer.
Splitting of Vacation Periods. An employee’s annual vacation entitlement will be granted in one
(1) continuous period, unless an employee requests that their annual vacation entitlement be divided. The following conditions will apply:
(a) Employees must take at least one continuous block of five (5) days, but may split their remaining annual vacation entitlement. The minimum period in a split will be one (1) working day.
(b) Employees requesting to split their annual vacation entitlement in accordance with (a) above must indicate their first, second, third and subsequent choices. First choices must be for blocks of at least five (5) continuous days. Additional choices can be for one (1) or more days.
(c) Employees may choose to leave some portion of their vacation entitlement unscheduled, but shall submit a request for a block of at least five (5) days by July 15 of the previous vacation year in accordance with Article 26.02 (a).
(d) Unscheduled vacation may be requested later in the year, but will be subject to Article 26.02 (d).
(e) Changes requested in selected vacation periods for compassionate reasons shall be given careful consideration. Such changes shall not affect the selected vacation periods of other employees.
(f) Vacation schedules, once approved by the Employer, shall not be changed other than in cases of emergency, except by mutual agreement between the employee and the Employer. Approval of vacation requests will be as follows: 1st Step All first choices must be for blocks of at least five days. These will be approved in order of seniority; then
Splitting of Vacation Periods. Employees shall submit their annual vacation requests to the Employer by February 1st of each year. The Employer shall respond to vacation requests submitted by February 15th. Employees wishing to split their vacations shall exercise seniority rights in the choice of the first vacation period. Seniority shall prevail in the choice of the second vacation period, but only after all other "first" vacation periods have been posted. Seniority shall also prevail in the choice of the third vacation period, but only after all other "first" and "second" vacation periods have been posted. Seniority shall also prevail in the choice of the fourth vacation period, but only after all other "first," "second" and "third" vacation periods have been posted. Employees must take at least one (1) period of vacation which is at least seven (7) consecutive calendar days in duration.
Splitting of Vacation Periods. (a) Annual vacation for regular employees will be granted in one continuous period unless the employee requests otherwise. Vacation may not be taken in periods of less than one day.
(b) Regular employees wishing to split their vacations will exercise seniority rights in the choice of the first vacation period. Seniority will prevail in the choice of the second vacation period, but only after all other "first" vacation periods have been approved. Seniority will also prevail in the choice of each subsequent vacation period, but only after each previous vacation period has been approved.
(c) Despite the above, regular employees may hold back up to five days’ vacation in the annual vacation planning process. Employees must then submit their request to either schedule or carry over that vacation by September 15th of the vacation year.
(d) Requests to use held back vacation will be granted in the order they are received. If competing requests are received on the same day, requests will be processed by seniority. The granting of held back vacation is subject to operational requirements.
(e) The Employer will not unreasonably deny requested changes in selected vacation periods for bereavement reasons, provided such changes will not affect the selected vacation periods of other employees.
(f) Vacation schedules, once approved by the Employer, will not be changed other than in cases of emergency, except by mutual agreement between the employee and the Employer.
