CUPE Health Care Workers' Council of Unions

ARTICLE 28 - VACATIONS

28.01 Definition

Vacation Year means the twelve (12) month period commencing on the first (1st) day of April in each calendar year and concluding on the thirty-first (31st) day of March the following calendar year.

28.02 Time Off and Pay for Annual Vacation

Vacation shall be accumulated and paid on a District-wide basis.

a) During the first (1st) and subsequent years, including the fifth (5th) year of continuous employment, earn fifteen (15) days off. Pay shall be based on six point one five seven six (6.1576%) percent of total pay during the previous vacation year.

b) During the sixth (6th) and subsequent years, including the sixteenth (16th) year of continuous employment, earn twenty (20) days off. Pay shall be based on eight point two one zero two (8.2102%) percent of total pay during the previous vacation year.

c) During the seventeenth (17th) and subsequent years, including the twenty-ninth (29th) year of continuous employment, earn twenty-five (25) days off. Pay shall be based on ten point two six two seven (10.2627%) percent of total pay during the previous vacation year.

d) During the thirtieth (30th) and subsequent years of continuous employment, earn thirty (30) days off. Pay shall be based on twelve point three one five three (12.3153%) percent of the total pay during the previous vacation year.

Due to the change in annual hours to 1944, effective the date of signing of the collective agreement, the following percentages shall apply to Article 28.02 a), b), c) & d):

15 days off = 6.1728
20 days off = 8.2305
25 days off = 10.2881
30 days off = 12.3457

Effective April 1, 2002, employees shall earn the following vacation to be taken in 2003:

c) During the seventeenth (17th) and subsequent years, including the twenty-fourth (24th) year of continuous employment, earn twenty-five (25) days off. Pay shall be based on ten point two eight eight one (10.2881%) percent of total pay during the previous vacation year.

d) During the twenty-fifth (25th) and subsequent years of continuous employment, earn thirty (30) days off. Pay shall be based on twelve point three four five seven (12.3457%) of the total pay during the previous vacation year.

28.03 Posting of Annual Vacation Credits

Projected accumulated vacation credits for all Employees shall be posted February 1st of each year and will be subject to verification.

28.04 Posting Vacation Schedule

The Employer(s) shall post notice that Employees may submit annual vacation requests.

Annual vacations shall be regulated on a mutually agreed basis. In cases of disagreement, seniority shall govern in the department. When annual vacations are split, seniority shall govern in only one instance. Employees shall indicate their choice by March 15th. After this date, vacation dates shall be governed on a first-come basis. Employees who do not request annual vacation before March 15th shall forfeit their right to use seniority.

After this date, vacation dates shall be governed on a first-come basis.

Vacation schedules shall be posted and confirmed no later than April 1st.

This shall not preclude Employees from requesting vacation throughout the vacation year, provided they give three (3) weeks notice and do not interfere with predetermined vacations based on seniority.

The Employer(s) shall confirm in writing, to the Employee, the granting of his/her request for vacation within seven (7) calendar days. Should the Employer(s) fail to respond to the request in writing, the request shall be deemed granted.

28.05 Broken/Unbroken Vacation Period

An Employee shall be entitled to receive his/her entire vacation in a broken or unbroken period as mutually agreed upon between the Employee and Employer(s).

28.06 Vacation Pay on Termination or Retirement

An Employee who leaves after one (1) year of service without having received his/her annual vacation for that year, shall be allowed pay-in-lieu of earned vacation leave.

28.07 Carry Over of Vacation

The vacation entitlement contained herein will be taken by all the Employees annually, subject, however, to the provision that the Employees may make application to the Employer(s) for carry over of the entitlement to the following year.

28.08 Designated Holiday within Scheduled Annual Vacation Period

When a designated holiday falls within an Employee's scheduled vacation period, that day shall be recognized as a Designated Holiday and the Employee shall be paid in accordance with Article 27.06 - Additional Day Off.

28.09 Approved Absence during Vacation

Where in respect of any period of vacation leave, an Employee is:

a) Granted bereavement leave, or

b) Granted sick leave as a result of hospitalization during the scheduled vacation, or

c) Granted other approved leave of absence, or

d) Granted sick leave for an illness which would confine the Employee to the residence or to bed rest for a duration of more than three (3) days. A medical certificate substantiating proof of confinement will be required.

The period of vacation so displaced by any of the aforementioned shall either be added to the vacation period requested by the Employee and approved by the Employer or reinstated for use at a later date.

28.10 Employees Called Back from Vacation

When the appropriate Employer designate makes it mandatory for an Employee to cancel prearranged vacation the Employee shall immediately notify the Employer of any prearranged vacation and associated costs. Such costs incurred as a result of the cancellation shall be reimbursed by the Employer upon submission of receipts.

Employees called back from their vacation shall be paid at the rate of two (2) times their regular rate of pay for all hours so worked. Such vacation days so worked shall be rescheduled at the discretion of the Employee.

28.11 Vacation Pay in Advance

An Employee requesting vacation pay in advance shall receive vacation pay in the fourteen (14) day period immediately preceding the vacation period.

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CUPE Health Care Workers' Council of Unions
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Regina, Sask
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Email: Gordon Campbell, President