Board Policies & Administrative Procedures

Administrative Procedure 409: USE OF VACATION

Background

The Division wants to ensure fiscal responsibility and therefore, staff holidays for non-school based employees, are to be used by August 31 each year.

Procedures

  1. Division staff shall only be allowed to carry-over a total of five (5) days’ vacation after August 31 of any year. Those five (5) days will then have to be used prior to December 31 of that same year.

  2. In June, a report will be printed to evaluate the number of days per employee and anyone not in compliance will provide to the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources their expected vacation dates. These dates will be booked and counted as vacation time.

  3. In certain circumstances, an employee may be directed, by the Superintendent, to access vacation entitlements.

Reference

Section 33,52,53,68,196,197,204,222,225 Education Act

Employment Standards Act

Labour Relations Act

Section 248L, Canada Tax Act

Canada Income Tax Regulation 6801

Collective Agreements

 

Approved: February 23, 2005

Amended: August 21, 2018

Last Updated: October 29, 2019