Beginning in 2004 as part of the biennial progress reports, the Parties agree to provide information on implementation of the controls agreed to under this Annex. Part VI -- Revisiting
Beginning in 2004 vacation schedules shall be drawn up, based on department seniority and posted by December 1. Those employees entitled to a fourth or fifth week of vacation shall select that week only after all other employees of the department who are eligible for vacations of three weeks or less have had an opportunity to make their selection. LEAVES AND BENEFITS SECTION 52 (formerly Letter #10). Section One: Each employee who worked 15 or more hours per week shall have a sick leave pool. For each illness or disability of fewer than eight days duration, an employee shall be entitled to receive full payment for his/her absence until benefits in the sick leave pool are exhausted. Benefits in the sick leave pool shall be determined in the following manner: Each employee shall receive five days in his/her sick leave pool effective with his/her date of hire. On January 1 following the date of hire, the employee shall receive 10 days in his/her sick leave pool, and shall be able to carry over all unused sick leave from the previous year. Thereafter, he/she shall receive 10 days in his/her sick leave pool on January 1 of each year, and shall be able to carry over any unused sick leave from the previous year up to a maximum of ten days. Effectively, this means that on January 1 of each year, each employee shall have no fewer than 10 days and no more than 20 days in his/her sick leave pool. In the event of an absence of eight days or more, benefits shall be payable from the employee's short-term disability described herein. Should the benefit be deducted initially from the sick leave pool, the employer shall ensure that the sick leave pool is credited retroactively. For purposes of initiating this new sick leave program, all employees on the payroll effective January 1, 1994, shall have 15 days in their sick leave pool. If an employee has exhausted his/her sick leave pool and he/she provides medical documentation that the days were directly connected to a disability, as defined by the ADA, the days will be restored to the sick leave pool. It is not necessary to have been absent from work for eight days or more for a disability to qualify. Employees on an unpaid leave of absence will not accrue sick leave beyond the first 30 days of the leave. Section Two: Short Term Disability Each employee who worked 15 or more hours per week shall be eligible for the Company’s short- term disability insurance, as now provided to non-union and management employees. Said insurance has a seven da...
