Weeks Vacation Subject to Article 17.08 and Article 17.01 (a) (ii), employees shall be entitled to take three (3) weeks vacation leave with pay during the first and subsequent complete fiscal year following the date of employment. Such leave shall be earned at the rate of one and one-quarter (1 1/4) days for each completed calendar month of service.
Weeks Twenty (20) Years Five (5)
Wash-Up Time 60.01 Where the Employer determines that due to the nature of the work there is a clear cut need, wash-up time up to a maximum of ten (10) minutes will be permitted before the end of the working day, or immediately following and contiguous to the working day.
ARTICLE VACATIONS For the purpose of calculating eligibility the vacation year shall be the period from July of any year to June of the following year. The periods at which employees shall take vacations shall be based on the selection by the employee according to seniority in each department but shall be finally determined by the Administrator having due concern for the proper operation of the Nursing Home. Vacation requests shall be submitted by March of each year. In order to facilitate vacation scheduling, employees will indicate first, second, and third choices for vacation time off. The Employer will post a draft of the vacation allocation by April Those employees who did not receive any of their three choices will be entitled to submit three (3) additional choices by April Vacation requests received after March and after April where appropriate, will be considered on a first come first served basis, determined by the Employer having due concern for the proper operation of the Nursing Home. Any vacation time remaining and for which requests have not been received will be scheduled by the Employer at the Employer's discretion. Vacation time off shall be scheduled in minimum one week blocks commencing on a Monday and ending on a Sunday. During the summer months (June, July, August), employees vacations shall not exceed four consecutive weeks. Vacation time will be allotted betweenthe months of May and September inclusive, if possible; unless some other time is mutually arranged between the individual employee and the Employer. Vacations are not cumulative from year to year and all vacations must be taken no later than one (1) month prior to the new vacation cut off date. Employees shall not waive vacation and draw double pay. Employees who have not completed their probationary period as of June 30th will receive four percent (4%) of their gross earnings. Employees who have completed their probationary period as of June 30th will be granted one (1) day's vacation for each month of service to a maximum of ten (1O) days. Vacation pay for such employees will be four percent (4%) of gross earnings or regular pay. Employees with one year of service on or before June 30th of the current year shall receive two (2) weeks vacation at their current rate. Employeeswith three (3) years of service on or before June 30th of the current year shall receive three (3) weeks vacation at their current rate. Employeeswith eight (8) years of service on or before June 30th of the current year shall receive four weeks vacation at their current rate. Employees with fifteen (15) years of service on or before June 30th of the current year shall receive five (5) weeks vacation at their current rate. Employees with (23) years of service on or before June 30th of the current year shall receive six (6) weeks vacation at their current rate. Effectivefor the purposes of earning vacation inthe vacation year for taking in the vacation year, employees with (28) years of service on or before June 30th of the current year shall receive seven (7) weeks vacation at their current rate Vacation pay will be paid to all employees in advance of their vacation, on separate cheques, on the regular pay day. In the event that an employee elects not to receive her vacation pay in advance of her vacation, she shall indicate so in writing to her department head a minimum of one week prior to the payroll input date. In such a case, vacation pay will be issued the following pay day. If an employee who is regularly scheduled (75) hours on a basis, works less than hours in the vacation year, she shall receive vacation pay as a percentage of gross earnings in accordance with Article below. All employees who are regularly scheduled less than (75) hours on a basis, shall be entitled to vacation pay based upon the applicable percentage of their gross earnings provided in accordance with the vacation entitlement for employees who are regularly scheduled (75) hours on a basis on the following basis: week entitlement week entitlement week entitlement week entitlement week entitlement week entitlement Where it is not now permissible two (2) employees are to be allowed vacation during the Christmas period on a rotating seniority basis.
Illness During Vacation (The following clause is applicable to full-time employees only) Where an employee's scheduled vacation is interrupted due to serious illness, which either commenced prior to or during the scheduled vacation period, the period of such illness shall be considered sick leave. Serious illness is defined as an illness which requires the employee to receive on-going medical care and/or treatments resulting in either hospitalization or which would confine the employee to their residence or to bed rest for more than three days. The portion of the employee's vacation which is deemed to be sick leave under the above provisions will not be counted against the employee's vacation credits.
