Local 134 Agreement

ARTICLE XIII    VACATION WITH PAY

Section 13.1

A. An employee hired prior to December 1, 1995 and whose standard work week is twenty (20) hours or more shall be eligible for an annual vacation with pay after twelve (12) months of continuous service. An employee who is engaged on a temporary basis or who is hired to work irregular hours without a fixed standard workweek, shall not be eligible for a vacation with pay regardless of the number of hours he actually works per week.

The length of the annual vacation with pay for an eligible employee hired in the bargaining unit prior to December 1, 1995 shall be as follows:

After 1 year of service - 3 standard workweeks
After 8 years of service - 4 standard workweeks
After 20 years of service - 5 standard workweeks

B. Non-Journeyman employees (as defined in Appendix A of this Agreement) hired on or after December 1, 1995 and whose standard workweek is twenty (20) hours or more shall be eligible for an annual vacation with pay after twelve (12) months of continuous service. An employee who is engaged on a temporary basis or who is hired to work irregular hours without a fixed standard workweek, shall not be eligible for a vacation with pay regardless of the number of hours he actually works per week.

The length of vacation pay for an eligible non-Journeyman employee hired in the bargaining unit on or after December 1, 1995 shall be as follows:

After 1 year of service - 2 standard workweeks
After 5 years of service - 3 standard workweeks
After 10 years of service - 4 standard workweeks
After 20 years of service – 5 standard workweeks

"Years of Service" is defined as the employee's total period of continuous employment at the University. "Workweek" and "workday" are defined as the number of hours in the employee's standard workweek and workday.

Section 13.2

A. An employee hired prior to December 1, 1995 shall, upon completion of eight (8) years service have an additional standard workweek added to his vacation account and his vacation shall accrue thereafter at the rate of four (4) standard workweeks per year through the twentieth year of continuous service. Upon completion of twenty (20) years of service, an additional standard workweek shall be added to an employee's vacation account and his vacation shall accrue thereafter at the rate of five (5) standard workweeks per year.

B. A non-Journeyman employee hired on or after December 1, 1995 shall, upon completion of five (5) years of service, have an additional standard workweek added to his vacation account and his vacation shall accrue thereafter at the rate of three (3) standard workweeks per year through the tenth year of continuous service. Upon completion of ten (10) years of service, an additional standard workweek shall be added to an employee's vacation account and his vacation shall accrue thereafter at the rate of four (4) standard workweeks per year through the twentieth year of continuous service. Upon the completion of twenty (20) years of service, an additional standard workweek shall be added to an employee's vacation account and his vacation shall accrue thereafter at the rate of five (5) standard workweeks per year.

Section 13.3

Vacation time shall be accrued monthly at the rate of one-twelfth of the total annual hours of vacation due the employee for each completed month of employment, but no vacation shall accrue for a calendar month during which the employee is in out-of-pay status, on paid sick leave or leave of absence for more than one-half (1/2) of his standard working hours for that month. Vacation accrual is limited to one and one-half (1 1/2) times the annual amount and ceases whenever that limit is reached. Upon reaching the accrual limit the employee shall be notified by the University and directed to schedule vacation time. Vacation accrued above the limit shall not be lapsed unless the employee refuses to take time off as instructed.

Section 13.4

Authorized absences caused by illness or injury and approved leaves of absence shall not be interpreted as an interruption of continuous service for the purpose of computing the employee's years of service.

Section 13.5

Insofar as may be consistent with the needs of the University, vacations shall be granted at the time of year selected by the employee, provided, however, that in scheduling vacation to fit the needs of both the employee and the University, no employee shall be deprived of his accrued annual vacation except as provided in Sections 13.6 and 13.9 of this Article XIII.

Section 13.6

The University may, to meet emergencies, request an employee to forego all or any part of his annual vacation, but in all such cases the University shall pay the employee the vacation allowance to which he is entitled in addition to the standard compensation earned by him by working during said vacation period. The University shall not request an employee to forego all or any part of his vacation for two (2) successive years.

Section 13.7

When an authorized University holiday falls within an eligible employee's vacation period, his vacation shall be extended by the number of hours of paid holiday allowance to which the employee is entitled for that holiday, to compensate therefor.

Section 13.8

Compensation during paid vacation shall be at the employee's basic straight-time hourly rate in effect at the time the vacation is taken except that employees who are working on fixed premium shifts and who have worked on fixed, premium shifts for one (1) or more continuous years at the time vacation is taken will continue to receive regular shift premium payment while on paid vacation. Employees who are on rotating shift schedules and who have worked seventy-five percent (75%) or more of their scheduled work hours on premium shifts during the year immediately preceding the beginning date of vacation shall receive that part of regular shift payment which if proportional to the time worked on premium shifts the preceding year.

Section 13.9

Eligible employees who terminate employment, or are laid-off, and who have completed twelve (12) months of continuous service with the University shall be paid for accrued vacation due up to the effective date of such termination or layoff, except when the employee is discharged for misappropriation of or damage to University property. An employee who resigns giving less than two (2) weeks notice shall forfeit one (1) week of accrued vacation.