7.01       All employees in service of the Company for one year, or longer, shall be granted two weeks vacation per year with full pay or 4%, whichever is greater. Vacations to be taken at the time stipulated by mutual consent of employees and the Company. All employees will be entitled to two [2] consecutive weeks of vacation between the week in which June 15 falls and the week in which Aug 31 falls, inclusive. It is further agreed that during this prime time period, a minimum of twenty [20%] percent of the total employee complement shall be permitted off on vacation leave in any week. Employees to state their selected periods by April 1.

7.02       All employees shall, after completing three [3] years of service with the Company, receive three [3] weeks vacation per year with full pay.

7.03       All employees shall, after completing eight [8] years of service with the Company, receive four [4] weeks vacation per year with full pay.

7.04       All employees hired prior to July 1, 1997 shall, after completing fifteen [15] years of service with the Company, receive five [5] weeks vacation per year with full pay.

7.05       All employees hired prior to July 1, 1997 shall, after completing twenty [20] years of service with the Company, receive six [6] weeks vacation per year with full pay.

7.06       All employees hired prior to July 1, 1997 shall, after completing twenty-five [25] years of service with the Company, receive seven [7] weeks vacation per year with full pay.

7.07       To compute the three [3], eight [8], fifteen [15], twenty [20], twenty-five [25] years of service mentioned respectively in paragraph 7.02 – 7.06 above, for the purpose of qualifying date for the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh weeks of vacation, such service shall be considered to have commenced on January 1 of the year in which the employee commenced employment.

7.08       In the case of employees receiving three [3], four [4], five [5], six [6] or seven [7] weeks vacation, one [1] week, two [2] weeks, three [3] weeks, four [4] weeks, or five [5] weeks, whichever is applicable must be taken outside the period detailed in Article 7.01. The employee must record by January 31 the dates on which he wishes to take these service holidays. The Company may request that service holidays be arranged so that the efficient operation of the Company is not affected, e.g. availability of Class I Drivers etc.

7.09       Employees must take their vacations during the calendar year in which they become eligible for such.

The present practice to allow employees who were unable to take their vacation entitlement due to illness or injury will remain in force.

7.10       The Company will post the vacation schedule in a place where the employees can have access to it.

7.11       In the event an employee becomes ill or injured in excess of three [3] days after having commenced his vacation, such that he qualified for Weekly Indemnity coverage, he may request as outlined below to postpone his remaining days of vacation in order to enrol in the Weekly Indemnity Plan.

1. The employee shall advise his supervisor of his illness or injury and make arrangements to have the Weekly Indemnity form completed.
   
   
2. All approved requests will result in the employee's remaining days of vacation being cancelled, as prescribed above, the day after the request is received. The remaining vacation time shall be scheduled at a time mutually agreeable to the Company and the employee.
   
   
3. Any vacation pay held by the employee for the cancelled period shall be returned to the Company and reissued for the rescheduled vacation period.