EXPANDED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM as set in this Article is a continuation Expanded Employment set forth in Article the Canadian Agreement dated y as modified The purpose of this Expanded Employment Program is to further employment opportunities in the Company and to permit certain long-service employees to take periodic extended leaves. Each Employee shall become entitled to an initial Vested Leave of weeks with Leave equal to hours at the Employee's average straight time hourly rate (plus holiday allowance for each holiday which falls during the period of the Leave) upon completing years of Continuous Service (Vesting Date), and subsequently to additional Vested Leaves and Leave Allowances every years thereafter (Vesting Date), all subject to the reduction and other provisions of this Article. An Employee who have established an initial Vesting Date before October shall become entitled to additional Vested Leaves and Leaves Allowances every year after his Vesting Date, provided he is actively employed on or after the applicable subsequent Vesting Date and has at least years of Continuous Service when he is thus actively employed. An Employee who shall have completed or more years of Continuous Service on or before October and who has not established an initial Vesting Date, shall, on the first date thereafter that he is actively at work, become entitled to an initial Vested Leave and Leave Allowance as of the date he completes years of Continuous Service (Vesting Date). Such an Employee shall become entitled to Vested Leaves and Leave Allowances every years after that date, provided he is actively employed on or after the applicable subsequent Vesting Date and has at least years of Continuous Service, when he is thus actively employed. An Employee who first completes years of Continuous Service October and who is actively employed on or after the date of completion of such service, shall become entitled to an initial Vested Leave and Leave Allowance as of the date of completion of years of Continuous Service (Vesting Date). Such an employee shall become entitled to additional Vested Leaves and Leave Allowances every years after his initial Vesting Date provided he is actively employed on or after the applicable subsequent Vesting Date and has at least years of Continuous Service when he is thus actively employed. The requirement of being actively employed in Sections and shall not be applicable to any employee retiring on pension under the Pension Agreement. An Employee shalt not accrue ...
