Vacation Scheduled According to Seniority. Vacations shall be scheduled according to seniority on the basis that the employee holding the most seniority shall have the first choice of having vacation time, or some other equitable method mutually agreed upon between the Employer and the employees if it has the unanimous consent of all regular employees affected by the schedule. Employees wishing to split their vacation shall exercise seniority rights in the choice of the first vacation period. Seniority shall prevail in the choice of the second vacation period, but only after all other "first" vacation periods have been satisfied. Seniority shall prevail in the same manner for all subsequent selections. Employees failing to exercise seniority rights within two (2) weeks of the time that the employees are asked to choose a vacation time, shall not be entitled to exercise their rights in respect to any vacation time previously selected by an employee with less seniority.
Vacation Scheduled According to Seniority. (a) Vacation requests for the year must be submitted, in writing, on the Vacation Request Form no later than March 31st in each year. Such requests will be confirmed (or alternative dates assigned) by April 30th. Vacation requests received after March 31st will be considered on the basis of “first come, first served” and after that time employees shall not be entitled to exercise their seniority rights with respect to any approved vacation time previously selected by an employee with less seniority.
Vacation Scheduled According to Seniority. Vacations shall be scheduled according to seniority on the basis that the employee holding the most seniority shall have the first choice of having vacation time, or some other equitable method mutually agreed upon between the Employer and the employees if it has the unanimous consent of all regular employees affected by the schedule. Employees wishing to split their vacation shall exercise seniority rights in the choice of the first vacation period. Seniority shall prevail in the choice of the second vacation period, but only after all other "first" vacation periods have been satisfied. Seniority shall prevail in the same manner for all subsequent selections. Employees failing to exercise seniority rights within two (2) weeks of the time that the employees are asked to choose a vacation time, shall not be entitled to exercise their rights in respect to any vacation time previously selected by an employee with less seniority. Once the approved vacation schedule has been posted, it shall only be changed by mutual agreement between the Employer and the affected employee. Regular employees may hold back up to 37.5 hours in the annual vacation planning process. This remaining vacation must be requested and approved by August 1st of each year. Any remaining vacation not scheduled may be scheduled by the Employer. Hold back vacation requests shall be granted in the order they are received. If competing requests are received on the same day, such requests shall be processed by seniority. Notwithstanding 23.09 (c), to allow for flexibility, employees may request to reschedule their 37.5 hours of vacation hold back for use as discretionary days off. Such requests are subject to operational requirements and will not be unreasonably denied.
