Scheduling of Vacation Leave With Pay. (a) Subject to Article 20.08, employees are expected to take all of their vacation leave during the vacation year in which it is earned. (b) Subject to operational requirements, the Employer shall make every reasonable effort to schedule vacations as requested by an employee. (c) The Employer may, within different operational units, establish specific dates by which an employee must indicate in writing the choice of vacation period. (d) The Employer undertakes to inform the employee in writing or electronically no later than ten (10) working days after the dates as per clause (c) above whether the period of vacation leave requested has been approved or not. (e) Where the period requested by the employee has not been approved, the Employer and the employee will attempt to determine another vacation period convenient to the Employer and the employee. (f) In the event that two (2) or more employees request vacation leaves for the same period and due to operational requirements, the Employer cannot accommodate all the requests, the employees involved shall be given the opportunity to resolve the conflict. Failing satisfactory resolution between the affected employees, years of service shall prevail. (g) Notwithstanding Articles 20.06 and 20.07, where all else fails, the Employer may schedule a vacation period at a time satisfactory to it.
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