(a) - Full-Time Vacation Entitlement, Qualifiers and Calculation of Payment. (The following clause is applicable to Full-Time employees only) An employee who has completed one (1) year but less than two (2) years of continuous service shall be entitled to two (2) weeks annual vacation, with pay. An employee who has completed two (2) years but less than five (5) years of continuous service shall be entitled to three (3) weeks annual vacation, with pay. An employee who has completed five (5) years but less than fifteen (15) years of continuous service shall be entitled to four (4) weeks annual vacation, with pay. An employee who has completed fifteen (15) years but less than twenty-five (25) years of continuous service shall be entitled to five(5) weeks annual vacation, with pay. An employee who has completed twenty-five (25) years or more of continuous service shall be entitled to six (6) weeks annual vacation, with pay. Vacation pay shall be calculated on the basis of the employee’s regular straight time rate of pay times their normal weekly hours of work, subject to the application of Article 9.04, Effect of Absence. Effective September 29, 2002 change six (6) week entitlement to after twenty- three (23) years of service. Effective September 29, 2003 Supplementary Vacation The following supplementary vacation is banked on the employee’s anniversary date and taken prior to the next supplementary vacation date: An employee who has completed thirty (30) years of continuous service shall be entitled to an additional five (5) days vacation, with pay. An employee who has completed thirty-five (35) years of continuous service shall be entitled to an additional five (5) days vacation, with pay.
