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It’s that time of year when the employer will be looking at your accrued time to determine how much time you may carry over into the new year.
THE PROCESS: Vacation time shall be taken each year. In the event that a vacation cannot be taken, through no fault of the employee, one-half (1/2) of the vacation may be accrued and shall be taken during the following year, or the employee may request payment in lieu of Vacation at the regular compensation rate for that Vacation time which has been earned but which was unable to be taken. (CONTRACT ARTICLE 20 - VACATION)
We advise everyone to calculate the time you believe you have left for this year and we will compare that to the employer’s records.
It is extremely important going forward that you keep track of all time off! (e.g., small pocket calendar, any other size calendar you prefer, or in your cell phone).
We encourage everyone to get all responses approved/denied in writing to avoid the employer claiming you did not request the time (e.g., appropriate forms if required, email response, text).
DO NOT DEPEND ON VERBAL APPROVALS FROM MANAGEMENT; THEY HAVE PROVEN THEY CAN NOT BE TRUSTED!!
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