Common use of Years of Seniority Clause in Contracts

Years of Seniority. As of January 1 Days off with Pay Less than five Ten days off with pay at the applicable hourly rate. Less than ten Fifteen days off with pay at the applicable hourly rate. Ten or more Twenty days off with pay at the applicable hourly rate. The above entitlements are based on the employee's seniority in each vacation year when he takes his vacation. Employees will be paid their corresponding vacation entitlement as they actually take their vacation. Each year on the Tuesday, 15 days prior to the pre-Christmas holiday pay period, any employee who has not informed the Company of their intention of taking vacation will be paid in lieu of the time off. This pay will be received the third Friday in December. The vacation year will run from January 1st through December 31st. Vacation time off cannot be carried over. Vacation pay will be calculated on vacationable earnings, which excludes any vacation monies paid. Generally speaking, vacation will be taken in one week increments; employees will be granted seven (7) days in a row as one week’s vacation. Vacation requests will be honoured on a seniority basis by shift, during the first 2 weeks of October for the upcoming year. During the first week that vacation requests are accepted, such requests will be for one week increments (weeks in which a holiday falls shall be considered a full week even though less than five days of vacation are being used). One week increments will coincide with the pay periods, which is Monday through Sunday. During the second week that vacation requests are accepted, vacation allowed may be taken in full week or single day increments. Thereafter, vacation requests will be honoured on a first come, first serve basis. Employees will be able to book vacation in four (4) hour increments up to a maximum of 24 hours per calendar year. These vacation requests will be honoured on a first come, first serve basis. Normal notice (a minimum of 24 hours of advanced notice) will be required. These requests will be accepted as of January 1st of each calendar year. The Company reserves the right to limit the number of vacations if the number in any one period of time would prove disruptive to the operation. The Company will not use this prerogative in an unreasonable manner. The Company will maintain current practices, with the latitude to increase the number of employees on vacation through the use of students. For the day shift, students will only be assigned to work this shift as follows: May (last two (2) weeks), June, July, August, September (until Labour Day) Nor will the Company cancel anyone's vacation once it has been approved. The Company expects it will shutdown during the year due to customer schedules. When this occurs, employees might be required to use their vacation during the shutdown. Employees affected will be given as much advanced notice as possible. It is agreed the Company will allow employees the option of finding a qualified replacement to work their scheduled saved week during the shutdown period. In cases where the shutdown period is limited and employees are scheduled to work, they will be given the opportunity by seniority to book the saved week from the weeks available. All other employees will be on a first come first serve basis. This will be done by picking up a number and being called in at a later date, starting with the lowest number first. A notice will be posted over a 24 hour period with the date a number can be picked up. Employees being placed on indefinite layoff will be allowed to take their unused vacation immediately following the layoff; but, will not be eligible for benefits or holiday pay that they would not be otherwise eligible for. Employees wishing to exercise this option must notify the Employee Relations Department in writing prior to being layed off. None of the above is intended to deny any vacation that is due employees in accordance with Provincial Law. An employee who quits, retires or is terminated will receive monies for all unused earned vacation days at the applicable rate plus 4% of their current vacation earnings from January 1st.

Years of Seniority. As of January 1 Days off with Pay Less than five Ten days off with pay at the applicable hourly rate. Less than ten Fifteen days off with pay at the applicable hourly rate. Ten or more Twenty days off with pay at the applicable hourly rate. The above entitlements are based on the employee's seniority in each vacation year when he takes his vacation. Employees will be paid their corresponding vacation entitlement as they actually take their vacation. Each year on the Tuesday, 15 days prior to the pre-Christmas holiday pay period, any employee who has not informed the Company of their intention of taking vacation will be paid in lieu of the time off. This pay will be received the third Friday in December. The vacation year will run from January 1st through December 31st. Vacation time off cannot be carried over. Vacation pay will be calculated on vacationable earnings, which excludes any vacation monies paid. Generally speaking, vacation will be taken in one week increments; employees will be granted seven (7) days in a row as one week’s vacation. Vacation requests will be honoured on a seniority basis by shift, during the first 2 weeks of October for the upcoming year. During the first week that vacation requests are accepted, such requests will be for one week increments (weeks in which a holiday falls shall be considered a full week even though less than five days of vacation are being used). One week increments will coincide with the pay periods, which is Monday through Sunday. During the second week that vacation requests are accepted, vacation allowed may be taken in full week or single day increments. Thereafter, vacation requests will be honoured on a first come, first serve basis. Employees will be able to book vacation in four (4) hour increments up to a maximum of 24 16 hours per calendar year. These vacation requests will be honoured on a first come, first serve basis. Normal notice (a minimum of 24 hours of advanced notice) will be required. These requests will be accepted as of January 1st of each calendar year. The Company reserves the right to limit the number of vacations if the number in any one period of time would prove disruptive to the operation. The Company will not use this prerogative in an unreasonable manner. The Company will maintain current practices, with the latitude to increase the number of employees on vacation through the use of students. For the day shift, students will only be assigned to work this shift as follows: May (last two (2) weeks), June, July, August, September (until Labour Day) Nor will the Company cancel anyone's vacation once it has been approved. The Company expects it will shutdown during the year due to customer schedules. When this occurs, employees might be required to use their vacation during the shutdown. Employees affected will be given as much advanced notice as possible. It is agreed the Company will allow employees the option of finding a qualified replacement to work their scheduled saved week during the shutdown period. In cases where the shutdown period is limited and employees are scheduled to work, they will be given the opportunity by seniority to book the saved week from the weeks available. All other employees will be on a first come first serve basis. This will be done by picking up a number and being called in at a later date, starting with the lowest number first. A notice will be posted over a 24 hour period with the date a number can be picked up. Employees being placed on indefinite layoff will be allowed to take their unused vacation immediately following the layoff; but, will not be eligible for benefits or holiday pay that they would not be otherwise eligible for. Employees wishing to exercise this option must notify the Employee Relations Department in writing prior to being layed off. None of the above is intended to deny any vacation that is due employees in accordance with Provincial Law. An employee who quits, retires or is terminated will receive monies for all unused earned vacation days at the applicable rate plus 4% of their current vacation earnings from January 1st.

Years of Seniority. As of January 1 Days off with Pay Less than five 1 Year 4% of previous year’s earnings 1 Year Less than 5 Ten days off with pay at the applicable hourly rate. Less rate or 4% of the current year’s earnings, whichever is greater 5 Years less than ten 10 Fifteen days off with pay at the applicable hourly rate. Ten rate or more 6% of the current year’s earnings, whichever is greater 10 Years Twenty days off with pay at the applicable hourly raterate or 8% of the current year’s earnings, whichever is greater The vacation year will run from January 1st through December 31st. The above entitlements are based on the employee's Team Member’s seniority in each vacation year when he takes his vacationvacation is taken. Employees Team Members will be paid their corresponding vacation entitlement as they actually take their vacation. Each Vacation shall not be accumulated year-to-year. The Company anticipates shutting down the plant each year on the Tuesdayto coincide with its Customers’ shutdown. When this happens, 15 days prior to the pre-Christmas holiday pay period, any employee who has not informed the Company of their intention of taking will give all employees who are expected to use that time as vacation as much advance notice as reasonably possible. Effective January 1, 2006 Team Members will be paid required to take no more than (10) ten days of vacation in lieu of accordance with the customer’s shutdown period. Employees who have not earned enough vacation time will be considered laid off. This pay The Company will be received post the third Friday in Decemberannual vacation shutdown by May 1st or as advised by the customer’s plants. The vacation year will run from Effective January 1st through December 31st. Vacation time off cannot be carried over. Vacation pay will be calculated on vacationable earnings1, which excludes any vacation monies paid. Generally speaking2004, vacation will be taken in one week increments; employees will be granted seven (7) days in a row as one week’s vacation. Vacation requests request will be honoured on a seniority basis by shift, shift during the first 2 two (2) weeks of October for the upcoming calendar year. During the first week that vacation requests are accepted, such requests will be for one week increments (weeks in which a holiday falls shall be considered a full week even though less than five days of vacation are being used). One week increments will coincide with the pay periods, which is Monday through Sunday. During the second week that vacation requests are accepted, vacation allowed may be taken in full week or single day increments. Thereafter, vacation requests will be honoured on a first come, come first serve served basis. Employees Vacations will be able to book vacation in four (4) hour increments up to a maximum of 24 hours per calendar year. These vacation requests will be honoured on a first come, first serve basis. Normal notice (taken at a minimum of 24 hours of advanced notice) will be required. These requests will be accepted as of January 1st of each calendar yeareight (8) hour increments. The Company reserves the right to limit the number of vacations if the number in any one period of time would prove disruptive to the operation. The Company will not use this prerogative in an unreasonable manner. The Company will maintain current practices, with the latitude to increase the number of employees on vacation through the use of students. For the day shift, students will only be assigned to work this shift as follows: May (last two (2) weeks), June, July, August, September (until Labour Day) Nor will the Company cancel anyone's ’s vacation once it has been approved. The Company expects it will shutdown during the year due to customer schedules. When this occurs, employees might be required to use their vacation during the shutdown. Employees affected will be given as much advanced notice as possible. It is agreed the Company will allow employees the option of finding a qualified replacement to work their scheduled saved week during the shutdown period. In cases where the shutdown period is limited and employees are scheduled to work, they will be given the opportunity by seniority to book the saved week from the weeks available. All other employees will be on a first come first serve basis. This will be done by picking up a number and being called in at a later date, starting with the lowest number first. A notice will be posted over a 24 hour period with the date a number can be picked up. Employees being placed on indefinite layoff will be allowed to take their unused vacation immediately following the layoff; but, will not be eligible for benefits or holiday pay that they would not be otherwise eligible for. Employees wishing to exercise this option must notify the Employee Relations Department in writing prior to being layed off. None of the above is intended to deny any vacation that is due employees in accordance with Provincial Law. An employee who quits, retires or is terminated will receive monies for all unused earned vacation days at the applicable rate plus 4% of their current vacation earnings from January 1st.