Paid Vacation Except as otherwise provided in this Article, paid vacation shall be granted no later than the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in which it is earned. Following the completion of six (6) months of service, the employee shall be entitled to use earned paid vacation.
PAID VACATIONS 41.1 The Board shall grant paid vacation periods to each Member in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined in this Article. (a) The Board shall maintain a record of paid vacation entitlement for each Member based on the years, and parts thereof, of service from the most recent date of hire with the Board completed by August 31st prior to the vacation period to be taken. (b) For the purpose of this Article, the most recent date of hire shall be the date of last hire where there has been no termination of employment since that date. (c) A Member who was given credit for split service prior to the signing of this Agreement shall continue to retain such service for vacation entitlement. (a) Every Member shall be granted by the Board an annual paid vacation according to the following schedule: Years of Service Prior Entitlement to September 1st less than 1 year 3 weeks pro rated to time worked 1 year 3 weeks 8 years 4 weeks 17 years 5 weeks 24 years 6 weeks (b) The pay for any vacation period shall be calculated on the Member's annual salary as provided in Schedule A. (a) Vacations will normally be taken during the months of July and August but alternate scheduling may be permitted with the approval of the Member’s immediate Supervisor. Such requests for alternate scheduling shall not unreasonably be withheld. (b) The Member shall inform the Board about the Member’s request for paid vacation by completing the vacation schedule form provided by the Board. (c) If more than one (1) Member in a work location or department requests the same vacation time off, then, the most senior Member shall be granted the first choice the initial year after ratification of this Agreement. Thereafter, vacation time shall be on a rotation basis beginning with the next most senior Member having first choice. (d) The choice of vacation time by seniority referred to in clause 41.4 (b) is to be implemented only when a problem may occur in a department whereby two or more Members have chosen the same vacation period and it is necessary that one of those Members must be available to maintain the efficient operation of the department. (e) There will be a minimum of two (2) Members in a Composite Secondary School Office at all times. 41.5 (a) A ten (10) or twelve (12) month Member working in elementary schools shall take their vacation during regular scheduled breaks. This provision will also apply to ten (10) month Members working in Instructional Services and Media Services.
Vacation Earnings for Partial Years (a) During the first partial year of service a new employee will earn vacation at the rate of one and one-quarter days for each month for which they earn 10 days' pay. (b) During the first and subsequent vacation years an employee will earn one-twelfth of the annual entitlement for each month in which the employee has received at least 10 days' pay at straight-time rates. Where an employee has taken more vacation than earned, the unearned portion taken shall be charged against future earned credits or recovered upon termination whichever occurs first.
Reinstatement of Vacation Days - Sick Leave In the event an employee is sick or injured prior to the commencement of his/her vacation, such employee shall be granted sick leave and the vacation period so displaced shall be added to the vacation period if requested by the employee and by mutual agreement, or shall be reinstated for use at a later date.
Probationary This category describes persons taken on strength on a probationary basis with the prospect, if their services are found satisfactory, of a change of category to Regular full-time or Regular part-time (Section 1.2, following).
