Vacation:

Set vacation:

Set vacation pay is that which the employee has at the start of every year.  (Start of every year is from hire date to hire date.  Example being Joe has 1 week of vacation available from July 1 to June 30)  It may be used whenever the employee desires.  A two-week notice must be given before any vacation pay is used.  Vacation pay will be given in 8 hour increments only.  An employee may not use vacation pay to make up hours for days in which they have not worked.

Any employee whose employment is terminated by them self or by Lightning Electric Inc. is only entitled to a pro-rated portion of their set vacation pay.  Example: Joe’s employment is terminated and he has only worked for 3 months.  Joe is only entitled to ¼ of his set vacation.  Forty hours of set vacation will be given after one year of employment.  (1 week vacation)  Forty additional hours of set vacation will be given after three years of employment. (2 weeks vacation)  After seven years of employment 40 more additional hours of vacation will be given.  (3 weeks vacation) this is the maximum amount of vacation given.

Vacation hours can not be used to acquire overtime pay, only actual working hours count toward overtime pay. 

If an employee negotiates a certain amount of set vacation at the time of hiring they are then subject to same vacation policy as the rest of the employees for any certain amount then after.  (For instance: If an employee will only come to work for Lightning Electric Inc. if they may start their employment with 2 weeks of vacation time as part of their pay) this employee then must work for Lightning Electric Inc. for 5 years before a third year of vacation may be obtained.

This is the policy and it will not be waived.  

Holidays:

Employees are only eligible for holiday pay benefits after 6 months of employment.

Recognized holidays:

New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Anyone working on a recognized holiday will be paid the rate of 1 ½ times the normal pay for that day.  

Paid holidays:

New Year’s Day, Independence Day, 2 days for Thanksgiving (Thanksgiving day and the day before or after), Christmas Eve, Christmas day.  

Anyone working on a paid holiday will be paid 8 hours holiday pay, plus their normal pay rate for the hours worked that day.  Paid holidays are only to be worked if it is vital to the project.  This will be determined by the job foreman and a company officer. An employee is only eligible for paid holidays after 6 months of employment unless negotiated at the time of hiring.  Employees will not receive holiday pay unless they work the day before and the day after the paid holiday.