Vacation Requests Regular employees become eligible for paid vacation leave once they have completed six (6) months of continuous employment. Vacations requests must be submitted by no later than January 31st to be scheduled for the vacation calendar year of April 1 - March 31. Vacation time may be divided into blocks of one to two weeks in duration. Scheduling of vacation shall be in accordance with seniority within a classification. Where an employee chooses to split their vacation, they shall exercise seniority rights in the choice of the first vacation period. Seniority shall prevail in the choice of the second vacation period but only after all other first vacation periods have been selected. Remaining vacation periods will be scheduled in a fair and equitable manner amongst employees within a classification. The approved vacation schedule will be posted at the worksite on or before February 28th in each year. Employees will be limited to booking a maximum of two (2) consecutive weeks of vacation during prime vacation period (June 15 - September 15; and December 15 - January 5), unless further consecutive weeks would not interfere with the vacation preferences of less senior employees. The Employer will make every effort to accommodate requests for vacation of more than two (2) consecutive weeks outside of prime vacation periods. Employees failing to exercise their right to request vacation within the vacation selection time posted by the Employer will forfeit their seniority rights with respect to choice of vacation time. In such cases, the Employer reserves the right to schedule vacation time for the employee. A maximum of two (2) weeks of vacation time may be carried forward from one year to another. Employees who wish to carry vacation forward should notify the Employer by January 31st. If the employee has not requested all of their vacation leave, the Employer reserves the right to schedule the remaining vacation days within the last four (4) months of the calendar year. The Employer may also pay out unused vacation credits at the end of February each calendar year.
Paid Vacation Except as otherwise provided in this Article, paid vacation shall be granted no later than the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in which it is earned. Following the completion of six (6) months of service, the employee shall be entitled to use earned paid vacation.
PAID VACATIONS 41.1 The Board shall grant paid vacation periods to each Member in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined in this Article.
(a) The Board shall maintain a record of paid vacation entitlement for each Member based on the years, and parts thereof, of service from the most recent date of hire with the Board completed by August 31st prior to the vacation period to be taken.
(b) For the purpose of this Article, the most recent date of hire shall be the date of last hire where there has been no termination of employment since that date.
(c) A Member who was given credit for split service prior to the signing of this Agreement shall continue to retain such service for vacation entitlement.
(a) Every Member shall be granted by the Board an annual paid vacation according to the following schedule: Years of Service Prior Entitlement to September 1st less than 1 year 3 weeks pro rated to time worked 1 year 3 weeks 8 years 4 weeks 17 years 5 weeks 24 years 6 weeks
(b) The pay for any vacation period shall be calculated on the Member's annual salary as provided in Schedule A.
(a) Vacations will normally be taken during the months of July and August but alternate scheduling may be permitted with the approval of the Member’s immediate Supervisor. Such requests for alternate scheduling shall not unreasonably be withheld.
(b) The Member shall inform the Board about the Member’s request for paid vacation by completing the vacation schedule form provided by the Board.
(c) If more than one (1) Member in a work location or department requests the same vacation time off, then, the most senior Member shall be granted the first choice the initial year after ratification of this Agreement. Thereafter, vacation time shall be on a rotation basis beginning with the next most senior Member having first choice.
(d) The choice of vacation time by seniority referred to in clause 41.4 (b) is to be implemented only when a problem may occur in a department whereby two or more Members have chosen the same vacation period and it is necessary that one of those Members must be available to maintain the efficient operation of the department.
(e) There will be a minimum of two (2) Members in a Composite Secondary School Office at all times.
41.5 (a) A ten (10) or twelve (12) month Member working in elementary schools shall take their vacation during regular scheduled breaks. This provision will also apply to ten (10) month Members working in Instructional Services and Media Services.
Call Back From Vacation (a) Employees who have commenced their annual vacation shall not be called back to work, except in cases of extreme emergency.
(b) When, during any vacation period, an employee is recalled to duty, he/she shall be reimbursed for all expenses incurred thereby by himself/herself, in proceeding to his/her place of duty and in returning to the place from which he/she was recalled upon resumption of vacation, upon submission of receipts (except for meals) to the Employer.
(c) Time necessary for travel in returning to his/her place of duty and returning again to the place from which he/she was recalled shall not be counted against his/her remaining vacation entitlement.
Vacation Selection Employees who have not selected their vacation periods by November 15th shall not be entitled later to select vacation periods by seniority. Employees who do not select all of their vacation entitlements on the calendar shall be allowed to schedule vacation at a later date, provided that this selection does not affect the scheduled vacations of other employees.