VACATION ALLOCATION Sample Clauses

VACATION ALLOCATION. The Parties agree that former Ottawa Board of Education employees who earned more than twenty-five (25) days vacation leave as of 31 August 1999, shall have the current allocation frozen and shall continue to accumulate the same number of days.

VACATION ALLOCATION. A. The District shall post a yearly vacation allocation calendar on or before the first Monday of February for the forthcoming March 1st through the following February 28th. Vacations will be allocated throughout the year, and employees will be allowed to bid one (1) block at a time. Each block shall be limited to a minimum of one (1) eBART work week and a maximum of three (3) eBART work weeks, in one (1) week increments. Employees shall complete their vacation selections prior to February 28th. Every week during the calendar year from March 1st through the following February 28th shall be available for bid to at least two (2) employees per week. Employees shall select vacation periods by seniority. A Union Representative shall conduct the vacation sign-up. B. Employees may only bid vacation selections based upon expected vacation accruals at the time of their vacation week(s) and not based upon floaters. Vacation hours will be checked two (2) weeks prior to the dates requested. If the employee does not have sufficient vacation hours accrued, the vacation will be cancelled by the Supervisor/Manager and the vacation weeks made available for rebid by seniority. Once bid, employees may use floating holidays to complete the vacation week(s). C. On and after March 1 of the bid year, employees may select any remaining vacation weeks on a first-come, first-serve basis. D. A vacation period may be cancelled by an employee upon two (2) weeks’ notice, except in an emergency where no notice is required. Upon cancellation, vacation week(s) shall be posted within two (2) working days for rebid by seniority. Once bid, employees may use floating holidays to complete the vacation week(s). E. Employees may use accrued single vacation days, subject to the staffing needs of eBART.

VACATION ALLOCATION a) Employees will indicate their preferred annual vacation by the 15th day of March of each year. Vacation preference will be granted on the basis of seniority within a particular regional office or Head Office department. After this date vacation will be allocated on a first come basis. During the prime time vacation (July/August) an employee may be restricted to five (5) consecutive weeks of vacation where overlapping vacation requests create a conflict. b) The annual vacation schedule will be approved and posted by April 15th. c) Except for the Services Staff employees, when vacations are interrupted or cancelled by the Employer so that vacations cannot be reasonably used, then the employee shall have the option of payment or an accrual of such credits. The employee will be reimbursed upon justification for any lost monies.

VACATION ALLOCATION. The Company will grant vacation requests and banked statutory holiday requests when booked in five (5) days or more made before February 1st according to the following minimum ratios: Within each classification within a department according to the number of active (*) regular unrestricted employees:  one (1) to fifteen (15) employees: minimum one (1) employee at the same time;  sixteen (16) to twenty-five (25) employees: minimum two (2) employees at the same time;  twenty-six (26) or more employees: minimum three (3) employees at the same time.

VACATION ALLOCATION. The Parties agree that former Ottawa Board of Education employees who earned more than twenty-five (25) days vacation leave as of 31 August 1999, shall have the current allocation frozen and shall continue to accumulate the same number of days. APPENDIX "A" Salary Schedule 1 September 2008 62 1 September 2009 63 1 September 2010 64 1 September 2011 65 Job Classifications 66 LETTERS OF UNDERSTANDING Employment Insurance Premium................................................................ 70 Pay Equity................................................................................................... 72

VACATION ALLOCATION. Vacation schedules shall be posted no later than March 1st and finalized no later than March 31st. Vacation selection shall be by departmental seniority. If any employee does not select their vacation at this time, they may be able to pick any remaining open weeks on a first-come first- serve basis if available. No employee will be allowed more than 4 continuous weeks' vacation. All vacation entitlement in excess of 4 weeks will be allocated at a different time of the year.

VACATION ALLOCATION. Applications filed prior to March 15th, insofar as it is practicable to do so, will be allotted vacation during the summer season in order of seniority of applicants. Vacations, if authorized by the officer in charge, may be split as departmentally arranged. Applicants will be advised in April of dates allotted to them and, unless otherwise mutually agreed, employees must take their vacation at the time allotted. The vacation schedule will be posted in each Department in April.

VACATION ALLOCATION. The Company will grant vacation requests and banked statutory holiday requests when booked in five (5) days or more made before February 15th according to the following minimum ratios: • within each classification within a department according to the number of active (*) regular unrestricted employees: • one (1) to fifteen (15) employees : minimum one (1) employee at the same time; • sixteen (16) to twenty-five (25) employees : minimum two (2) employees at the same time; • twenty-six (26) or more employees : minimum three (3) employees at the same time. (*) Active includes all employees available to accept and work assigned shifts and does not include employees on Leaves of absences. The Company will grant preference by seniority to vacation requests of blocks of five (5) days or more and/or banked statutory holiday requests in blocks of five (5) days or more. A minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the department’s workforce shall be granted vacation at any one time by seniority, as per the above ratios. If after meeting these ratios, fifteen percent (15%) of the department on time off has not been attained, the Company will approve additional requests by seniority up to a minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the department’s workforce, however, subject to operational needs, the Company may limit the number of employees taking vacation within the same classification in a department at the same time. The Company may allow vacation and banked statutory holiday requests in excess of this minimum fifteen percent (15%) requirement, subject to the demands of service. For a vacation request made after February 15th, it will be permissible for a minimum of ten percent (10%) of a department’s workforce to take vacation at the same time, minimum of one (1) employee per classification within the said ten percent (10%). For departments with less than ten (10) employees, there will be a minimum of one (1) employee. However, the company may limit the number of employees taking vacation within the same classification at the same time. Vacation requests and requests to take banked statutory holidays of five (5) days or more shall be permitted to be booked together subject to the same rules.

VACATION ALLOCATION. An employee’s eligibility is based on their service with the Company. It changes as of the beginning of the calendar year in which the employee reaches their fifth and fifteenth year anniversaries with the Company. Vacation hours are allocated in accordance with the following schedule: Years of Service Reached in the Calendar Year Hours of Vacation 0 to 1 (See section (c) below) 1 through 4 80 5 through 14 120 15 or more 160