Supplementary Vacation The supplementary vacations as set out below are to be banked on the outlined supplementary vacation employment anniversary date and taken at a mutually agreeable time subsequent to the current supplementary vacation employment anniversary date but prior to the next supplementary vacation employment anniversary date:
(i) upon reaching the employment anniversary of twenty-five (25) years of continuous service, employees shall have earned an additional five (5) work days’ vacation with pay;
(ii) upon reaching the employment anniversary of thirty (30) years of continuous service, employees shall have earned an additional five
VACATION WITH PAY 17.01 The vacation year for calculation purposes shall be from June 1st to May 31st or closest pay period to it during the term of this Agreement. The Company may require all employees, subject to this Agreement, to take a vacation period and may close the plant or any part of the operation for that purpose at any time convenient to the Company, between July 1st and September 1st in any year, but not to exceed two (2) consecutive weeks and employees shall be notified by April 30th. If any of the Paid Holidays occur during an employee’s vacation, the employee will be granted an extra day off with pay at the beginning or end of the vacation. Employees who are scheduled to remain on duty during any plant shutdown or who have vacation entitlement in excess of two (2) weeks will be allowed their vacation at a mutually convenient time. The Company will not unreasonably deny any such requests. Responses will be in writing and the Union will receive copies of all requests and responses. Any denial will include an explanation and alternative dates for the employee’s consideration. If work is required during a vacation shutdown period, the opportunity to work will be offered to employees by classification seniority.
17.02 Vacations shall be taken in the year of entitlement and shall not be cumulative. Employees will be required to take a mandatory two (2) weeks vacation. Employees not scheduled to take the mandatory two weeks by March the 1st of any year of entitlement shall be scheduled by the Company. Vacation with Pay – Vacation to be paid in accordance with the current schedule, except as noted below and at the time that the employee takes his/her vacation. Vacation Pay Method: Vacation pay will be paid based on the employee’s regular hourly rate multiplied by the number of hours taken. In addition, the employee will receive a lump sum payment of 4% (6% for employees with 5 or more years of service) of overtime earnings from the previous year in December of the current year (less normal and statutory deductions). An employee who has been off work as a result of a current WSIB or WI claim and receiving temporary income replacement benefits will be eligible for vacation time off and pay in accordance with his/her seniority in the year following the onset of the claim. An employee who is laid off or recalled will receive prorated vacation time and pay in accordance with the amount of time worked (e.g. 1/12 of the employee’s full year eligibility for each full month of employment). An employee who has not taken all of his vacation entitlement by the end of the vacation year, will be paid all of his earned but unpaid vacation in one lump sum and no additional vacation time will be owed to the employee. The agreement will be adjusted to reflect the new vacation entitlement, but existing employees on the Company’s seniority list as of December 4, 2002 shall have any payment entitlement paid out based on the formula in place prior to December 4, 2002 or until they reach a new vacation entitlement level under the new schedule.
17.03 New Vacation Entitlement Program Effective December 4, 2002, an employee’s existing vacation entitlement shall be grandfathered. Future increases to an existing employees vacation entitlement and the vacation entitlement for new employees shall be as follows: Each employee will be granted an annual vacation with pay in accordance with the following provisions. The employee will receive vacation with regular pay for each day . Seniority as of June 30th ; Less than 1 year 1 day per month to a max of 10 4% 1 year but less than 5 years = 10 days 5 years but less than 15 years = 15 days 15 or more years = 20 days Any existing employee having more than 20 days of vacation time earned as of November 15, 2005 will continue to be eligible for this vacation time provided he/she meets the normal eligibility requirements as per Article
VACATION LEAVE WITH PAY 14.01 The vacation year shall be from April 1st of one calendar year to March 31st of the following calendar year inclusive.
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.
Benefits; Vacation Employee shall be eligible to receive all benefits as are available to similarly situated employees of Employer generally, and any other benefits that Employer may, in its sole discretion, elect to grant to Employee from time to time. In addition, Employee shall be entitled to four (4) weeks paid vacation per year, which shall be pro-rated for the first partial year of employment and shall accrue in accordance with Employer’s policies applicable to similarly situated employees of Employer.
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 9.1 An employee who, at the beginning of the calendar year, is not qualified under paragraph 9.2 hereof, shall be allowed one working day’s vacation with pay for each 25 days’ cumulative compensated service, or major portion thereof, during the preceding calendar year, with a maximum of 10 working days until qualifying for further vacation under paragraph 9.2.
9.2 Subject to the provision of Note 1 below, employees who, at the beginning of the calendar year have maintained a continuous employment relationship for at least 3 years and have completed at least 750 days of cumulative compensated service, shall have their vacation schedule on the basis of one working day’s vacation with pay for each 16 2/3 days of cumulative compensated service, or major portion thereof, during the preceding calendar year with a maximum of 15 working days; in subsequent years, they will continue vacation entitlement on the foregoing basis until qualifying for additional vacation under paragraph 9.3. NOTE 1: Employees covered by paragraph 9.2 will be entitled to vacation on the basis outlined therein if on fourth or subsequent service anniversary date they achieve 1,000 days of cumulative compensated service; otherwise their vacation entitlement will be calculated as set out in paragraph 9.1. Any vacation granted for which employees do not subsequently qualify will be deducted from their vacation entitlement in the next calendar year. If such employees leave the service for any reason prior to their next vacation the adjustment will be made at time of leaving.
9.3 Subject to the provisions of Note 2 below, employees who, at the beginning of the calendar year, have maintained a continuous employment relationship for at least 9 years and have completed at least 2,500 days of cumulative compensated service, shall have their vacation scheduled on the basis of one working days’ vacation with pay for each 12 1/2 days of cumulative compensated service, or major portion thereof, during the preceding calendar year, with a maximum of 20 working days; in subsequent years, they will continue vacation entitlement on the foregoing basis until qualifying for additional vacation under paragraph 9.4. NOTE 2: Employees covered by sub-paragraph 9.3 will be entitled to vacation on the basis outlined therein if on their tenth or subsequent service anniversary that they achieve 2,750 days of cumulative compensated service; otherwise their vacation entitlement will be calculated as set out in paragraph 9.2. Any vacation granted for which employees do not subsequently qualify will be deducted from their vacation entitlement in the next calendar year. If such employees leave the service for any reason prior to their next vacation, the adjustment will be made at time of leaving.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Note 2 below employees who, at the beginning of the calendar year, have, maintained a continuous employment relationship for at least 9 years and have completed at least 2,250 days of cumulative compensated service, shall have their vacation scheduled on the basis of one working day’s vacation with pay for each 12 1/2 days of cumulative compensated service, or major portion thereof, during the preceding calendar year, with a maximum of 20 working days; in subsequent years, they will continue vacation entitlement on the foregoing basis until qualifying for additional vacation under paragraph NOTE 2: Employees covered by sub-paragraph 9.3(a) will be entitled to vacation on the basis outlined therein if on their tenth of subsequent service anniversary date they achieve 2,500 days of cumulative compensated service; otherwise their vacation entitlement will be calculated as set out in paragraph 9.2. Any vacation granted for which employees do not subsequently qualify will be deducted from their vacation entitlement in the next calendar year. If such employees leave the service for any reason prior to their next vacation, the adjustment will be made at time of leaving.
9.4 Subject to the provisions of Note 3 below employees who, at the beginning of the calendar year, have maintained a continuous employment relationship for at least 19 years and have completed at least 4,750 days of cumulative compensated service, shall have their vacation scheduled on the basis of one working day’s vacation with pay for each 10 days of cumulative compensated service or major portion thereof, during the preceding calendar year with a maximum of 25 working days; in subsequent years, they will continue vacation entitlement on the foregoing basis until qualifying for additional vacation under paragraph 9.5. NOTE 3: Employees covered by paragraph 9.4 will be entitled to vacation on the basis outlined therein of in their twentieth or subsequent service anniversary date they achieve 5,000 days if cumulative compensated service; otherwise, their vacation entitlement will be calculated as set out in paragraph 9.3. Any vacation granted for which employees do not subsequently qualify will be deducted from their vacation entitlement in the next calendar year. If such employees leave the service for any reason prior to their next vacation, the adjustment will be made at time of leaving.
9.5 Subject to the provisions of Note 4 below, employees who at the beginning of the calendar year have maintained a continuous employment relationship for at least 28 years and have completed at least 7,000 days of cumulative compensated service shall have their vacation scheduled on the basis of one working day’s vacation with pay for each 8 1/2 days of cumulative compensated service, or major portion thereof, during the preceding calendar year, with maximum of 30 working days. NOTE 4: Employees covered by paragraph 9 5 will be entitled to vacation on the basis outlined therein if on their twenty-ninth or subsequent service anniversary date they achieve 7,250 days of cumulative compensated service; otherwise their vacation entitlement which employees do not subsequently qualify will be deducted from their vacation entitlement in the next calendar year. If such employees leave the service for any reason prior to their next vacation, the adjustment will be made at time of leaving.
(a) Scheduling an employee for five weeks vacation with the employee being paid for the sixth week vacation at pro rata rates; or
(b) Splitting the vacation on the basis of five weeks and one week.
Entitlement to Vacation Leave With Pay An employee is entitled to vacation leave with pay to the extent of his earned credits but an employee who has completed six (6) months of continuous employment may receive an advance of credits equivalent to the anticipated credits for the vacation year.
SICK LEAVE WITH PAY Sick leave with pay for employees shall be determined in the following manner:
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.
