VACATIONS WITH PAY 11.01 Each year's vacation requirements for any full-time employee to qualify for the respective periods of vacation with pay, as set forth below, are that they have worked for the Employer not less than ninety-five (95%) percent of the regular, full- time hours during a continuous twelve (12) month period, but time for absence from work not to include:
(1) the period of vacation;
(2) the aggregate of periods not exceeding thirty (30) working days in all, comprised of:
(i) time during which the employee has been authorized by the
(ii) time in respect of which the employee files with the Employer a certificate, signed by a duly qualified Medical Practitioner, that they are unfit to work during that time, by reason of their illness or injury. Where a full-time employee does not qualify for vacation with pay as outlined above, they shall receive vacation pay calculated at two (2%) percent of their total wages earned for each week of vacation entitlement, for which no vacation allowance has been paid.
11.02 Full-time employees with less than one (1) year's full-time service by April 1st will receive an amount equal to four (4%) percent of their total wages earned during the period of employment for which no vacation allowance has been paid up to April 1st. Such employees shall be allowed time off for vacation purposes, without pay, up to two (2) consecutive weeks during the months of April 1st to September 30th, inclusive, unless otherwise mutually agreed to between the employee and the Employer.
11.03 Vacation entitlement for full-time employees based on years of continuous full-time service will be as follows (with the exception of part-time employees going to full-time as set out in sub-article 11.19): one (1) or more years by April 1st - two (2) weeks' vacation with pay; three (3) or more years by April 1st - three (3) weeks' vacation with pay; eight (8) or more years by April 1st - four (4) weeks' vacation with pay, (with the exception of the first calendar year when an employee qualifies for the fourth week by October 1st);
