| 37.01 |
An Employee shall not
take vacation leave without prior authorization from the Employing
Department. |
| 37.02 |
An Employee hired into
a permanent or temporary salaried position shall receive one (1) work day
vacation for each full calendar month of service completed in that first
calendar year. An Employee commencing with the Employer on or before
the fifteenth (15th) day of any month shall earn one (1) work day vacation
for that month. An Employee commencing on or after the sixteenth
(16th) day of any month shall earn one (1) work day vacation from the first
day of the following month. |
|
(a) |
Vacation credited in this Clause
shall be taken by the Employee no later than the end of the second calendar
year of employment. |
|
(b) |
Should an Employee terminate
employment prior to the end of the first calendar year and have taken more
vacation then they had earned, the Employee will be required to pay back the
unearned amount at the same rate that it was paid to the Employee. |
| 37.03 |
Vacation entitlements
with pay, shall be as follows: |
|
(a) |
An Employee who has completed twelve
(12) full calendar months' service as of December 31st, shall receive
fifteen (15) work days' vacation. |
|
(b) |
An Employee who has completed eight
(8) years' service as of December 31st, shall in the subsequent year(s)
receive twenty (20) work days' vacation. |
|
(c) |
An Employee who has completed
sixteen (16) years' service as of December 31st, shall in the subsequent
year(s) receive twenty-five (25) work days' vacation. |
|
(d) |
An Employee who has completed
twenty-five (25) years' service as of December 31st, shall in the subsequent
year(s) receive thirty (30) work days' vacation. |
|
(e) |
An Employee who has completed less
than twelve (12) full months' service as of December 31st, shall receive one
and one-quarter (1 1/4) work days' vacation for each calendar month worked
from the commencement of his service, provided that when employment has
commenced on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of any month, he shall earn
vacation entitlements from the first day of that month and when employment
has commenced on or after the sixteenth (16th) day of any month, he shall
earn vacation entitlements from the first day of the following month. |
| 37.04 |
All calculations which
result in one-quarter or three-quarters work day fractions shall be rounded
out to the next half or full day, whichever applies, except when vacation
pay is paid out upon termination pursuant to Clause 37.12. |
| 37.05 |
If one or more paid
holidays falls during an Employee's annual vacation period, another day or
days may be added at the end of the vacation period or at a time authorized
by the Employing Department. |
| 37.06 |
An Employee shall earn
vacation leave pursuant to Clause 37.03 when authorized, during the
following absences: |
| |
(a) |
financially assisted Education
Leave; |
|
(b) |
the first forty-four (44)
consecutive work days of sick leave or absence during Workers' Compensation
Supplement; and |
|
(c) |
any other leave of absence with or
without pay for the first twenty-two (22) work days. |
| 37.07 |
Vacation leave may be
taken in one continuous period or in separate periods. |
| 37.08 |
(a) |
Except as is otherwise provided
herein vacation leave in respect of each year of service shall be taken: |
|
|
(i) |
within sixteen (16) months after the end of that year; and |
|
|
(ii) |
at such time or times as may be approved by the Employing
Department. |
|
(b) |
If the exigencies of his duties prevent an
Employee from taking his vacation leave or part thereof within the sixteen
(16) month period specified by Sub-Clause (a) of this Clause, he shall take
that leave within the six (6) months following that period. |
|
(c) |
If an Employee, for sufficiently valid personal
reasons, wishes to take his vacation leave or part thereof within six (6)
months after the end of the sixteen (16) month period specified in
Sub-Clause (a) of this Clause, he shall be permitted to do so at such time
or times as the Employing Department may approve. |
|
(d) |
Vacation leave shall normally not be postponed
as provided by (b) and (c) of this Clause in two (2) successive years. |
|
(e) |
When vacation leave is taken within the last
four (4) months of the sixteen (16) month period specified in Sub-Clause (a)
or is postponed as provided by Sub-Clause (b) or (c), it may be taken
immediately before the next period of vacation leave to which the Employee
is entitled. |
|
(f) |
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Article, and subject to operational requirements, an Employee who so
requests may be authorized to take vacation leave which has been earned at a
specified time within the year in which it was earned, and the vacation
leave to be taken by him in the following year shall be correspondingly
reduced. |
| 37.09 |
Where an Employee is
allowed to take any leave of absence, other than sick leave in conjunction
with a period of vacation leave, the vacation leave shall be deemed to
precede the additional leave of absence, except in the case of maternity
leave which may be authorized before or after vacation leave. |
| 37.10 |
Once vacations are
authorized they shall not be changed, other than in cases of emergency,
except by mutual agreement. |
| 37.11 |
An Employee who fails
to return to work following the last day of authorized vacation leave shall
be considered to have absented himself from employment and the provisions of
Clause 13.06 shall apply. |
| 37.12 |
An Employee shall not
be paid cash in lieu of vacation earned, except upon termination in which
case he shall receive vacation pay for such vacation earned but not taken. |
| 37.13 |
The Employing
Department shall, subject to the operational requirements of the Department,
make every reasonable effort to grant an Employee, upon request, at least
two (2) weeks of his annual vacation entitlement during the summer months. |
