Vacation - C&T

Summary

• C&T staff receives 12 vacation days annually for the first two years of service (accrued at the rate of one per month).
• After two years, accrual increases to 22 vacation days per year (two per month to the annual limit of 22).
• Accrued vacation days may be used after 6 months of service.
• Long service (15, 20, 25 years etc.) makes employees eligible for extra vacation days according to the chart cited.
• Implementation of vacation policy is detailed in the Local 34 Contract. See details below or consult the full contract online at: http://www.yale.edu/hronline/labrelat/ctr34.html

Details (per Local 34 Contract)

1. Each Staff Member shall be entitled to vacation with pay at the Staff Member's straight-time hourly rate to the extent provided by paragraphs 2, 3 and 5. A Staff Member shall not be eligible to take paid vacation until the Staff Member has completed six (6) months of service.
   
2. For each month in which a Staff Member hired on or after February 1, 1997 is actively employed, the Staff Member shall accrue one (1) day of vacation during the first two (2) years of employment, each day to equal the Staff Member's daily straight-time hours during the month, except that in the first and final months of a Staff Member¹s employment the Staff Member shall accrue no vacation if the Staff Member does not actually work at least ten (10) days.
   
3. For each month in which a Staff Member who has completed two (2) years of service is actively employed, the Staff Member shall accrue two (2) days of vacation, each day to equal the Staff Member's normally scheduled daily straight-time hours during the month, except that in the first and final month of a Staff Member's employment, the Staff Member shall accrue no vacation if the Staff Member does not actually work at least ten (10) and only one (1) day if the Staff Member works ten (10) but less than twenty (20) days in such month.
   
   A Staff Member may not accrue more than twenty-two (22) days of vacation in any University fiscal year (July 1 - June 30). A Staff Member shall not accrue any vacation for any month during which the Staff Member was on layoff, unless the Staff Member actually worked at least ten (10) days during the month.
   
4. A Staff Member may utilize his or her accrued vacation at the time desired by the Staff Member so far as possible. The Staff Member's Supervisor may not deny a vacation request arbitrarily or capriciously.
   
   Except as provided below in this section, accrued vacation time must be used by June 30 of the fiscal year after the fiscal year during which it was earned.
   
   A Staff Member may accumulate up to twenty-two (22) additional days of unused vacation, in addition to vacation accrued during the current or previous fiscal year. In addition, a Staff Member who has completed ten (10) years or more of continuous service may also accumulate an additional five (5) unused days per year, to a total additional maximum of twenty (20) days.
   
   All vacation accrued and accumulated in accordance with this Section may be used by a Staff Member in accordance with the vacation scheduling provision of this Agreement. Accumulated vacation time may not be waived for extra pay, but all such accumulated unused time shall be paid to a Staff Member who terminates, in accordance with the terminal vacation provisions of this Agreement.
   
5. Upon completing the years of service stated in the following schedule, a Staff Member will be eligible to take, once during the five (5) years following the Staff Member's becoming eligible for such extra vacation days, the number of extra vacation days stated, in addition to the Staff Member's accrued regular vacation days:
   

   Years of Service Completed	Extra Vacation Days
   15	5 days
   20	10 days
   25	20 days
   30	25 days
   35	30 days
   40	35 days
   45	40 days
   50	45 days

   
   
6. A Staff Member who has completed at least six (6) months of service and who either resigns from the University or is terminated by the University shall be paid for any unused and unforfeited vacation time.
   
7. Upon the Staff Member's request, vacation pay shall be paid to a Staff Member prior to the start of the vacation.