ARTICLE 42
VACATION

42.1:    Eligibility .  Employees who have been employed by the Employer for a period of six (6) months in a full-time position, shall be entitled to a vacation as provided for in the following schedule:

Years of Service            Vacation Allowance             
 1 through 5      11-1/3 hours per month -   136 hours per year         
 6 through 15    16 hours per month -         192 hours per year         
16 or more       20-2/3 hours per month -   248 hours per year         

42.2:    Vacation pay shall be computed at the employee's current regular rate of pay, minus any shift or premium pay.

42.3:    Vacation time will not be allowed without a written request from the employee, approved by the Employer.  Requests for vacation must be submitted before February 15 for the 12 month period beginning with March 1 and will be considered on a seniority basis.   Any requests submitted after February 15 must have a 2-week notice and will be subject to a first-come-first-served basis .  Vacation time may be approved with less than two (2) weeks notice at the sole discretion of the Employer. The Employer's grant or denial of the vacation leave request shall not be a proper matter for a grievance.  

42.4:

A.      The Employer or his designated representative shall determine the number of employees who can be excused for vacation purposes at any one time.

B.      No vacation time off shall be cumulative from year to year and no vacation pay will be paid in lieu of vacations except in cases of extraordinary circumstances.  An employee having accumulated twelve (12) months' vacation credit hours in a calendar year and fails to take such vacation within the following twelve (12) month period, is subject to forfeiture of the accumulated vacation credit hours exceeding the twelve (12) month vacation credit hour accumulation.

42.5:    Vacations will be granted at a time when the vacation will not interfere with the Employer's work operation.

42.6:    No vacation shall be earned while an employee is on an unpaid leave of absence or when an employee is laid off from work.

42.7:    If an employee's employment is terminated prior to any anniversary date after his/her first year upon which he/she would have qualified for vacation with pay, he/she will be entitled to any pro-ration of the vacation pay he/she has accumulated.  An employee terminated for cause will be ineligible for vacation pay.

42.8:    In the event an employee suffers a physician-certified illness during a scheduled vacation period, such days of illness shall not be charged against his/her allotted vacation time but shall be charged against an employee's accumulated sick leave.

 

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