Vacation Pay Paid Union leaves. All other payments, premiums, allowances etc. are excluded.
PAID HOLIDAYS 16.01 An employee will be paid his regular rate of pay for the following holidays: • New Year's Day • Labour Day • August Civic Holiday • Good Friday • Thanksgiving Day • Christmas Day • Victoria Day • Canada Day • Boxing Day In each calendar year, each employee who has completed his/her probationary period, is entitled to one (1) paid floater holiday to be taken as follows: The employee must notify the Company, in writing, at least two weeks in advance of the requested floater day. The floater day will be approved subject to operational requirements. In the event of a conflict between two employees requesting the same floater day, preference will be given to the employee who 1st made the request. If the employee passes probation any time from October 1 or after, they shall have the remaining months of that year plus the next twelve (12) months to take their floating days. Commencing January 1, 2004, each employee who has comp leted his/her probationary period, is entitled to two (2) paid floater holidays.
16.02 An employee who is required to work on any of the holidays listed in Article 16.01, shall be paid at time and one-half (1 1/2) his straight hourly rate for all hours so worked, and in addition, he will receive holiday pay, if entitled, to the payment provided in Section 16.01.
16.03 An employee who is absent on vacation when a paid holiday occurs, as listed in Section 16.01, will receive an extra day’s vacation added to the end of the said vacation period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the employee and the Company may agree to an alternate date. Employees shall, at their request, forfeit extra days of vacation and receive one full day’s pay at their normal regular hours and hourly rate.
16.04 In the event that any of the holidays listed above fall on a Saturday or Sunday, then the preceding Friday or the following Monday respectively will be substituted by the Company for the holiday, which may be changed by mutual agreement between the Union and the Company.
16.05 An employee shall be paid for a general holiday upon which he would normally be scheduled to work were it not for the said holiday, provided that he has been in the employment of the Company for at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the date of the general holiday and has earned wages on at least fifteen (15) of the thirty (30) calendar days prior to the date of the general holiday, and worked his last full scheduled shift before and his first full scheduled shift after such holiday.
Vacation and Holidays Executive will receive four weeks of paid vacation each year in addition to all holidays observed by the Company and its subsidiaries. Executive may carry over, in the aggregate, up to four weeks of unused vacation to a subsequent year. Any unused vacation time in excess of four weeks will not accumulate or carry over from one calendar year to the next. Each calendar year, Executive shall take not less than one (1) week vacation.
Vacation Benefits During the Term, the Executive shall be eligible for 20 vacation days annually, which shall be accrued and used in accordance with the applicable policies of the Company. During the Term, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in such medical, dental and life insurance, retirement and other plans as the Company may have or establish from time to time on terms and conditions applicable to other senior executives of the Company generally. The foregoing, however, shall not be construed to require the Company to establish any such plans or to prevent the modification or termination of such plans once established.
VACATION AND VACATION PAY 18.01 Full-time Employees Full-time employees shall be entitled to vacation according to the following schedule: Period Worked (Yrs) Time Off Vacation Pay Less than 1 1 week 4% 1 but less than 3 2 weeks 4% 3 but less than 5 3 weeks 6% 5 but less than 8 4 weeks 6% 8 but less than 15 4 weeks 8% 15 but less than 23 5 weeks 10% 23 but less than 28 6 weeks 12% 28 years or more 7 weeks 14% No time off will be given to an employee for vacation unless such employee has completed a minimum of six (6) calendar months of service. Such time off will not take away the employee’s right to vacation pay.
18.02 Part-Time Employees Part-time employees shall be entitled to vacation with eligibility determined on the basis of 1950 hours equalling one (1) year of service. Part-time employees shall be entitled to vacation according to the following schedule: Period Worked (Yrs) Time Off Vacation Pay Less than 1 1 week 4% 1 but less than 3 2 weeks 4% 3 but less than 5 3 weeks 6% 5 but less than 8 4 weeks 6% 8 but less than 15 4 weeks 8% 15 but less than 23 5 weeks 10% 23 but less than 28 6 weeks 12% 28 years or more 7 weeks 14%
18.03 The date to determine the “period worked” for full time employees is the employee’s last hiring date.
18.04 Vacation pay is calculated at the applicable percentage as indicated in Article 18.01 and the definition of “gross earnings” in the previous vacation year. The definition of “gross earnings” shall be interpreted to mean: Any monies paid directly to an employee by the Employer for hours worked and paid and not worked but paid for by the Employer to the employee, within the vacation year.
18.05 On January of each year the Employer shall post a blank vacation schedule sheet. Between January 1 and April 1 each employee shall have the right to indicate on this sheet the time during which she prefers to take her vacation.
a. The completed vacation schedule shall be determined, if possible, in discussions between the Employer and the Union Stewards between April 1 and April 30. The guiding factors shall be seniority and family circumstances. Whenever a conflict arises that cannot be settled amicably, the dispute shall be resolved by the Employer.
b. It is general practice not to allow employees to take vacation from December 15th through January 15th due to the three named holidays and increased family and resident expectations during that time period. Notwithstanding this position, requests on an individual basis will be considered, providing operational scheduling and holiday commitments can be met.
a. Consistent with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, employees shall take not less than three (3) weeks of their vacation in segments which are at least one
(1) week in duration.
b. Nevertheless, if an employee is entitled to more than three
