Schedule of entitlement of vacation with pay

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Each full-time employee will be entitled to vacation with pay in accordance with the following schedule:

  1. Employees with Less than one year of seniority on May 1 will receive four (4) percent of their prior year’s gross earnings. Employees will receive 2 weeks’ vacation time to be taken after their one-year seniority date. The vacation pay will be based on 4% of their earnings from the date of hire to May 1.
  2. Employees may advise Human Resources in writing should they wish to be paid out in May versus when the vacation time is taken. This request must be received by April 1st.
  3. One year of seniority or more and less than five (5) years’ seniority as of the employee’s seniority date shall receive two (2) weeks’ vacation with eighty (80) hours pay or four (4) percent of their gross earnings in the prior year, whichever is greater.
  4. Five (5) years’ seniority and less than ten (10) years’ seniority as of the employee’s seniority date shall receive three (3) weeks of vacation with 120 hours pay or six (6) percent of their gross earnings in the prior year, whichever is greater.
  5. Ten (10) years’ seniority and less than 18 years, as of the employee’s seniority date shall receive four (4) weeks of vacation with 160 hours pay or eight (8) percent of their gross earnings in the prior year, whichever is greater.
  6. Eighteen (18) years’ seniority as of the employee’s seniority date shall receive five (5) weeks of vacation with 200 hours of vacation or ten (10%) percent of their gross earnings in the prior year, whichever is greater.
  7. In the year an employee becomes entitled to additional vacation time under the above articles, the employee cannot take the additional vacation entitlement until after their seniority date.
  8. Employees who have not worked at least sixty (60) percent of his/her total available working days during the twelve (12) month period prior to May 1 shall have their vacation pay pro-rated. Approved WSIB and Union leave will count as time worked towards the 60%.

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