Vacation Qualifications for Employees. To qualify for his first vacation, each regular full-time employee must work not less than 1250 hours in his first year of employment. Once an employee qualifies for his first vacation, he will qualify for each succeeding vacation (except the vacation applicable to his last year of employment) if (1) he is in service on January 1 of the calendar year in which the vacation is to be taken; and (2) he works not less than 1,4001000 work hours during the preceding calendar year. During the last year of employment, an employee shall earn one (1) week paid vacation for each (250) hours worked, however, not to exceed the current vacation schedule. After a full-time employee has qualified for his first vacation, but not more often than once in each three (3) years thereafter, such employee shall qualify for a vacation even though he worked less than 1,4001000 work hours provided his failure to work was due to his personal illness or injury. Hours off which are paid for under the personal holiday, national holiday and vacation provisions of this Agreement shall be counted as hours worked for the purpose of meeting the 14001000 hours worked requirement. Casual employees who worked 1560 hours in the preceding calendar year shall qualify for a vacation. A casual employee who qualifies for regular full-time employment will have his vacation date same as his regular full-time employment date. A casual employee who fails to meet full-time employment requirements shall be paid any accrued vacation entitlement at the time of his termination. The failure of a full-time employee to meet the hours worked requirement to qualify for a vacation in the next year shall affect only the year in which such vacation should have been taken, and such year of employment shall nevertheless be counted as a year of service for the purpose of determining the length of any subsequent vacations to which he may become entitled.
