7.01 Vacation Entitlement

1. All employees shall, after completing one (1) year's service receive two (2) weeks vacation with pay.
   
   All employees shall, after completing two (2) year's service, receive three (3) weeks vacation with pay, plus one (1) additional day of vacation for each additional year's service beyond three (3) years to a maximum of 35 days.
   
   For employees with less than four (4) years seniority and less than fifteen hundred (1500) hours worked in the previous calendar year;
   
   Vacation pay will be calculated using the following formula:

   hours worked x Eligible days
   ____________________________
              1500
   

   For employees with four (4) years or more seniority and less than one thousand (1000) hours worked in the previous calendar year;
   
   Vacation pay will be calculated using the following formula:

   hours worked x Eligible days
   ____________________________
              1000
   

2. Employees who work less than 1500 hours during the previous calendar year or 1000 hours in the case of employees with five or more year’s seniority shall receive the stipulated weeks of vacation in accordance with their years of service and vacation pay in accordance with the chart shown above.

7.02
Vacation pay entitlement shall be calculated at the employees pay rate in effect on January 1st in the year in which the vacation is taken.

7.03
Workers' Compensation, Weekly Indemnity and Long Term Disability is included as time worked for vacation entitlement calculations for 104 weeks from the date the sickness or injury occurred. After that time, vacation entitlement will cease.

7.04 Vacation Pay
Where applicable, vacation entitlement must be used during the one week Christmas Shutdown period. Additional vacation can be taken at any time during the calendar year. Vacations will normally be taken in not less than one (1) week units, but days in excess of week units may be taken as individual days subject to mutual agreement.

Employees who desire to take individual days should make such request, in writing, to the Employer for approval at least three (3) days in advance of the time required. For greater clarification a vacation week is defined as the employees regular work week.

7.05

1. Once initial vacation entitlement has been achieved (i.e. one years service) thereafter vacation entitlement shall be afforded by assuming January 1st of the year in which employment commenced as each employee's anniversary date for the purpose of affording additional holiday entitlement.
   
   
2. Notwithstanding the foregoing it is understood and agreed that where an employee takes vacation prior to his actual anniversary date and subsequently terminates prior to that date, his entitlement shall be calculated as at the termination date and any overpayment shall be recovered.

7.06
Employees must take their vacations during the calendar year in which they become eligible for such entitlement.

The employee may carry over unused vacation to February 28th of the following year upon approval of the Employer.

7.07 Vacation Scheduling
Each year in January a vacation planner will be posted in each Department. Employees will indicate on the planner their preference for vacation time. The Planner will be removed March 15th, and the supervisor will allocate vacations as far as possible as requested, due consideration being given to employee's seniority and production requirements by March 31st.

Employees who request to take holidays prior to the March 15th deadline shall know if it is approved within two (2) weeks of the request being made.

Employees who have not indicated vacation preference by March 15th will be fitted into the vacation schedule wherever possible.

Where vacation plans or schedules change the Company will make every effort to accommodate the employee. The employee will give a maximum possible notice of his request to change his holidays.

Employees shall be granted a minimum of two (2) weeks vacation each year during the period commencing with the week in which June 15 falls and ending with the week in which Aug. 31st falls. Earned vacation in excess of two (2) weeks must be taken outside of this period unless it is mutually agreed otherwise and such agreement does not deny another employee the right to take two (2) weeks during this period.

7.08 Shutdown Period
The Company may schedule a shutdown period for general maintenance at any time during the year.

The Company will schedule staff, where necessary, for shipping, maintenance, and security of product. No employee shall be scheduled against his will; however where insufficient employees are available, the required employees may be assigned in the reverse order of seniority. Employees may take the shutdown time as banked overtime or vacation (to the extent the employee still has such time unused).