Common use of SCHEDULING OF ANNUAL VACATIONS Clause in Contracts

SCHEDULING OF ANNUAL VACATIONS. (a) One employee within each department shall be entitled to be absent on annual vacation at any time during each annual vacation year. Additional employees shall be entitled to be absent on annual vacation at any time during each annual vacation year, providing they have filed written applications by the last day of February for annual vacation to be taken in the immediately following annual vacation year, and providing that the total number of employees absent on annual vacation from any department at any time may never exceed five per cent (5%) without the Employer's consent. (b) Nothing in this Article 14.06 shall preclude the Employer from permitting more than five per cent (5%) of the employees in any department to be absent on annual vacation at any time. (c) For the purposes of determining the number of employees who are entitled to be absent on annual vacation from any department at any time, five per cent (5%) shall be applied to the amount which results from dividing the total number of hours actually worked by all employees in that department during the immediately preceding calendar year, by eighteen hundred and twenty (1820). The final result shall be calculated to two decimal places, and shall be rounded to the nearest whole number. For example, 2.49 shall become 2, and 2.50 shall become 3. (d) Except for those vacations selected by employees pursuant to paragraph (a), all annual vacations will be scheduled on the basis of the mutual consent of the Employer and the employee. (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 14.06, in any case where an employee applies for his annual vacation after the last day of February, his application may be denied by the Employer if the number of employees already absent, and reasonably expected to continue being absent from his department during the time covered by his application, through a combination of annual vacation, weekly indemnity or workers' compensation leaves, exceeds the limits set out in paragraph (a) of this Article. (f) In any case where the Employer has approved an application for annual vacation, that approval may not be withdrawn without the employee's consent.