COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT Between SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU), Local 32BJ and NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2008

Section 24. VACATIONS

1. The Employer shall grant vacations to all regular full time employees covered by this Agreement based on the following vacation eligibility schedule:
2. 1. Employees who have worked 6 months -- 3 days
   Employees who have worked 1 year -- 2 weeks
   Employees who have worked 5 years -- 3 weeks
   Employees who have worked 11 years -- 16 days
   Employees who have worked 13 years -- 17 days
   Employees who have worked 15 years -- 4 weeks
   Employees who have worked 25 years -- 5 weeks
3. For employees whose vacation is scheduled between June 1 and September 15, length of employment for the purpose of the foregoing vacation eligibility schedule shall be computed on the basis of the amount of vacation an employee covered by this Agreement would be entitled to as of September 15th of the year in which the vacation is granted. Employees whose vacation is scheduled prior to June 1 or after September 15 may take as much vacation as has been earned up to that point, as determined by reference to the foregoing vacation eligibility schedule. Part time workers regularly employed shall receive proportionate allowances (or accruals as the case may be) on the basis of the average number of hours per week they are employed.
4. There shall be no accrual of vacation credit during an unpaid leave of absence in excess of thirty days.
5. If a holiday falls during the employee's vacation period, the employee shall receive an additional day's pay therefor or, at the option of the Employer, an extra day off within ten (10) working days immediately preceding or succeeding the employee's vacation period.
6. Employees covered by this Agreement shall receive actual vacations and no employee covered by this Agreement shall be required to accept vacation pay in lieu of vacation periods, except as provided in Paragraph 3 above.
7. Vacation pay shall be paid prior to actual commencement of the vacation periods.
8. When compatible with operational needs, choice of vacation period shall be according to seniority. The Employer may schedule vacations throughout the calendar year. The Employer shall determine the number of employees who may be on vacation at any one time. In scheduling their vacations, employees may choose to take all of their vacation in a continuous block of time, unless the time is not available because it was chosen by employees with more seniority.
9. Any employee, including a part time employee, whose employment is terminated for any reason, except for dishonesty or other criminal act, shall be entitled to a vacation accrual allowance, computed on his length of service as provided in the vacation schedule hereinabove set forth, based on the elapsed period from the previous September 16th (or from the date of his employment, if later employed) to the date of his leaving; provided, however, that any employee who has received a vacation during the portion of the previous vacation period from May 1st through September 15th and who leaves his/her job after May 1st in the next vacation period shall be entitled to full vacation accrual allowances instead of on the basis of the elapsed period from the previous September 16th.
10. No employee who leaves his position of his/her own accord shall be entitled to his accrued vacation credits, unless he/she gives five (5) working days' termination notice.
    
    Any employee who has been hired after September 16th in any year and who has worked at least six (6) months before leaving his/her job shall be entitled to vacation accrual allowance equal to the vacation allowance provided in the above schedule.

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