Vacation Shutdown. Not more than once in each calendar year between June 1 and September 15, each Operation may schedule a vacation shutdown which will not exceed 30 days. During such shutdown the Operation may require employees to work during all or some of the shutdown period. Employees not required to work will be required to take their regular vacation up to the full length of the shutdown period. In any year in which such a vacation shut down is scheduled the Operation will not lay off employees for more than an additional 14 days in the same calendar year without recourse to seniority preference as provided in section 17.02 (Layoffs in Excess of 14 Days). Notification of such a vacation shutdown shall be communicated by March 31st of the year in which the shutdown is to occur.
Vacation Shutdown. The provisions of this Local Seniority Agreement shall not apply to an individual employee during their annual vacation period, except as provided in Paragraph (21).
Vacation Shutdown. The Company may continue the practice of closing the plant sometime during the summer months (May through September) for vacation. Because this period may vary from year to year employees will be given as much advance notice of the vacation period as possible, but never less than thirty (30) calendar days. All employees will be expected to take their vacation during the vacation period. During this period employees may be required to take vacation up to a maximum of four (4) weeks. For example, if the plant is closed for six (6) weeks, employees will only be required to take the first four (4) consecutive weeks as vacation. If the plant is closed for three (3) weeks, then those employees who are eligible for four (4) or five (5) weeks’ vacation will be allowed to take the fourth and fifth week at the discretion of management with due consideration being given to the wishes of the employee. If an employee is laid off on or before the qualifyingdate, then the employee will have hisher vacation scheduled to begin on the qualifying date. If an employee is laid off after the qualifying date, then the employee will have hisher vacation scheduled to begin on the date of lay-off. If, however, the employee requests hisher vacation to be scheduled at a different period then the provisions of Article O will not apply. An employee who is on lay-off at the time of the qualifying date for vacation may notify the Company prior to the start of the vacation year that does not wish to take hisher vacation at the beginning of the vacation year. The employee’s vacation will then be rescheduled.
Vacation Shutdown. (a) The Company, unless emergency production circumstances prevent it, shall schedule a shutdown vacation. It shall be for a minimum of one week's vacation; two weeks, if customer commitments can reasonably accommodate it. Notice of a shutdown vacation shall be given to employees at least ninety (90) days in advance of the time or times the shutdown is to take place. The Company may elect to schedule such shutdown vacation by shifts; that is, one shift go off on vacation while the other shift works and vice versa; and may thus schedule second shift employees at first shift hours to accommodate such scheduling. Such a shutdown will be scheduled within the months of July and August; and in such event, individual vacations which may have been previously scheduled shall be changed, to the extent necessary, to conform to the vacation shutdown time or times. Exceptions to the shutdown may be made due to operational requirements. Any employee affected by any exception shall be subject to subsections (b) and (c) below.
(b) In the event of a shutdown vacation, that portion of an employee's vacation in excess of the shutdown shall be scheduled and taken in accordance with subsection (c), below; if there is no vacation shutdown, vacations shall be scheduled and taken in accordance with subsection (c) below.
(c) Where individual vacations are to be scheduled each employee will be required to designate his first, second, and third choices for his vacation period. The Company, in scheduling vacations, will attempt to schedule an employee in accordance with his choices (with preference in cases of conflict accorded to more senior employees), taking into consideration the operational requirements of the plant.
(d) Employees will be notified of vacation approvals by April 30th of each year.
Vacation Shutdown unpaid leave for the third week. If work is made available for the full three weeks of the vacation shutdown, the employee will be required to work the third week or use vacation. If work is not made available for the full three weeks, the third week will remain as the employee’s option of taking vacation or unpaid leave. Employees with eighty (80) hours or more of remaining vacation will be required to take eighty (80) hours of vacation during the vacation shutdown before they are eligible to take unpaid leave. The eighty (80) hours will be reduced by any statutory holidays and time that an employee works. If an employee has less than eighty
Vacation Shutdown. The Company shall continue to have the right to reschedule for the annual inventory and/or a vacation shutdown. In the case of inventory shutdown, the Company shall review the method of inventory taking, the scheduling of bargaining unit employees during the inventory and any rescheduling which may be planned with the Plant Chair prior to the announcement to the employees. In the event of either an inventory or vacation shutdown, the dates of the shutdown will be announced at least ninety (90) days prior to the beginning of the shutdown.
Vacation Shutdown. In the event Seller contemplates the closing of a plant for vacation shutdown, Seller shall immediately notify Buyer of such contemplated action. Seller further agrees to provide delivery of Products, as identified in the Products, so as not to interrupt Buyers schedule.
Vacation Shutdown. During the Independence and Vacation Shutdown Weeks, employees in the work group will be retained if their regular job assignments are scheduled to operate during this period. If it becomes necessary to retain other employees within the work group for work normally performed by the group, and specific skills and/or expertise are not required, employees in the group will be retained on a voluntary basis by seniority. If there is not a sufficient number of volunteers capable of performing the work employees with at least one (1) year seniority will be retained in inverse seniority order.
Vacation Shutdown. In case Management desires to schedule vacations for employees eligible therefore during a production shutdown period instead of in accordance with previously established vacation schedules for that year, Management shall give affected employees sixty (60) days notice of such intent; in absence of such notice an affected employee shall have the option to take his/her vacation during the shutdown period or to be laid-off during the shutdown and to take his/her vacation at the previously scheduled time. when a total shutdown of one or both of the plant facilities occurs and a vacation shutdown is scheduled, the parties will meet to discuss the procedure to be utilized to determine who continues to work, and who is part of the vacation shutdown, in each of the various departments. Up to two (2) weeks of vacation may be scheduled during a vacation shutdown so long as it is during the months of June, July or August. Notwithstanding the above, all employees will be allowed to reserve one week of vacation eligibility outside of the shutdown period. Further, vacation quotas will not be recalculated as the result of a vacation shutdown.
Vacation Shutdown. The Company may continue the practice of closing the plant sometime during the summer months for vacation. Because this period may vary from year to year employees will be given as much advance notice of the vacation period as possible, but never less than thirty calendar days. All employees will be expected to take their vacation during the vacation period. During this period employees may be required to take vacation up to a maximum of four weeks. For example, if the plant is closed for six weeks, employees will only be required to take the first four consecutive weeks as vacation. If the plant is closed for three weeks, then those employees who are eligible for four or five weeks’ vacation will be allowed to take the fourth and fifth week at the discretion of management with due consideration being given to the wishes of the employee. If an employee is laid off on or before the qualifying date, then the employee will have his or her vacation scheduled to begin on the qualifying date. If an employee is laid off after the qualifying date, then the employee will have his or her vacation scheduled to begin on the date of his or her lay-off. If, however, the employee requests his or her vacation to be scheduled at a different period then the provisions of Article will not apply. An employee who is on lay-off at the time of the qualifying date for vacation may notify the Company prior to the start of the vacation year that he or she does not wish to take his or her vacation at the beginning of the vacation year. The employee’s vacation will then be rescheduled. An employee eligible for vacation may request at the start of the vacation year his vacation entitlement in single day increments up to a maximum of days, except as provided in paragraph above. Single days may be scheduled under the following conditions: Single vacation days must be scheduled with mutual agreement between the employee and the supervisor two days in advance of the day requested. Employees will be paid one fifth of their weekly vacation total for each single day of vacation. Single vacation days must be taken in full day increments. Unused single vacation days will be scheduled according to the following schedule if not used by January of each year:
