Vacation Scheduling Language Sample Clauses

Vacation Scheduling Language a) For the purposes of determining vacation, there shall be two vacation periods in each calendar year: December 1st through May 31st June 1st through November 30th b) The Employer shall determine, and shall post the number of employees, by category, who may be permitted to be absent on vacation at any time, based on the needs of the department and/or team. c) When submitting vacation requests, each team/department shall review their requests for the purpose of achieving team consensus. d) Where the team is not able to achieve consensus and the number of employees requesting the same vacation exceeds the allowable number for the department/team, then seniority shall be the deciding factor. e) The schedule for determining and posting vacations shall be as follows: For the December through May vacation period: i) The Employer shall post, as in b) above, by September 1st ii) Vacation requests shall be submitted by October 1st iii) The approval/denial of the vacation request will be communicated to the employee by October 15th For the June through November vacation period: i) The Employer shall post, as in b) above, by February 15th ii) Vacation request shall be submitted by March 15th iii) The approval/denial of the vacation request will be communicated to the employee by March 31st f) Vacation requests may be submitted at any time. Requests received after the October 1st and March 15th deadlines outlined in e) above shall be considered in order of receipt. Such requests shall not take precedence over the posted vacation schedule and shall not be unreasonably denied. The employee shall endeavour to make the request as soon as possible (at least 30 days) prior to the commencement of the vacation being requested. The manager shall respond to the request within ten (10) working days. g) Requests submitted outside of the time limits set out in (f) above may be considered with mutual agreement of the manager and employee. Subject to operational requirements, these requests shall not be unreasonably denied.