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Article 13
Travelling Time

13.01 When the Employer requires an employee to travel outside his headquarters area for the purpose of performing duties, the employee shall be compensated in the following manner:

1. On a normal working day on which the employee travels but does not work, the employee shall receive his regular pay for the day.
2. On a normal working day on which the employee travels and works, the employee shall be paid:
   1. his regular pay for the day for a combined period of travel and work not exceeding seven decimal five (7.5) hours,
      and
   2. at the applicable overtime rate for additional travel time in excess of a seven decimal five (7.5) hour period of work and travel, with a maximum payment for such additional travel time not to exceed twelve (12) hours pay at the straight-time rate in any day.
3. On a day of rest or on a designated paid holiday, the employee shall be paid at the applicable overtime rate for hours travelled to a maximum of twelve (12) hours pay at the straight-time rate.

13.02 For the purpose of clause 13.01, the travelling time for which an employee shall be compensated is as follows:

1. For travel by public transportation, the time between the scheduled time of departure and the time of arrival at a destination, including the normal travel time to the point of departure, as determined by the Employer.
2. For travel by private means of transportation, the normal time as determined by the Employer, to proceed from the employee's place of residence or work place, as applicable, direct to the employee's destination and, upon his return, direct back to the employee's residence or work place.
3. In the event that an alternate time of departure and/or means of travel is requested by the employee, the Employer may authorize such alternate arrangements in which case compensation for travelling time shall not exceed that which would have been payable under the Employer's original determination.

13.03 All calculations for travelling time shall be based on each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes.

13.04 Upon application by the employee and at the discretion of the Employer, compensation earned under this article may be taken in the form of compensatory leave, which will be calculated at the applicable premium rate laid down in this article. Compensatory leave earned in a fiscal year and outstanding on 30 September of the next following fiscal year shall be paid at the employee's daily rate of pay on 30 September.

13.05 When a payment is being made as a result of the application of this article, the Employer will endeavour to make such payment within six (6) weeks following the end of the pay period for which the employee requests payment, or, if payment is required to liquidate compensatory leave outstanding at the expiry of the fiscal year, the Employer will endeavour to make such payment within six (6) weeks of the commencement of the first (1st) pay period after 30 September of the next following fiscal year.

13.06 This article does not apply to an employee required to perform work in any type of transport in which the employee is travelling. In such circumstances, the employee shall receive pay for actual hours worked in accordance with the articles, Hours of Work, Overtime, Designated Paid Holidays.

13.07 Travelling time shall include time necessarily spent at each stop-over en route provided that such stop-over does not include an overnight stay.

13.08 Compensation under this article shall not be paid for travel time to courses, training sessions, conferences and seminars unless so provided for in the Article 18, Career Development.

13.09 Travel Status Leave

1. An employee who is required to travel outside his headquarters area on government business, as these expressions are defined by the Employer, and is away from his permanent residence for forty (40) nights during a fiscal year shall be granted seven decimal five (7.5) hours of time off with pay. The employee shall be credited with one (1) additional seven decimal five (7.5) hours of time off for each additional twenty (20) nights that the employee is away from his permanent residence to a maximum of eighty (80) additional nights.
2. The maximum number of hours off earned under this clause shall not exceed thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours in a fiscal year and shall accumulate as compensatory leave with pay.
3. This leave with pay is deemed to be compensatory leave and is subject to the article 9.04.
4. The provisions of this clause do not apply when the employee travels to attend courses, training sessions, professional conferences and seminars, unless the employee is required by the Employer.

13.10 When an employee is required to work in more than one location during a period of duty, transportation between such locations shall be provided, or paid for, by the Employer.

13.11 When an employee is required to report for work and reports under the conditions described in paragraph 9.01(a) and clause 10.01, and is required to use transportation services other than normal public transportation services, the employee shall be reimbursed for reasonable round trip expenses incurred as follows:

1. mileage allowance at the rate normally paid to an employee when authorized by the Employer to use the employee's automobile when the employee travels by means of his own automobile,
   or
2. out-of-pocket expenses for other means of commercial transportation.

Article 14
Leave - General

14.01 When the employment of an employee who has been granted more vacation or sick leave with pay than the employee has earned is terminated by death or layoff, the employee is considered to have earned the amount of leave with pay granted to the employee.

14.02 An employee is entitled, once in each fiscal year, to be informed, upon request, of the balance of his vacation or sick leave with pay credits.

14.03 The amount of leave with pay credited to an employee by the Employer at the time when this Agreement is signed, or at the time when the employee becomes subject to this Agreement, shall be retained by the employee.

14.04 An employee shall not be granted two (2) different types of leave with pay in respect of the same period of time.

14.05 An employee is not entitled to leave with pay during periods he is on leave without pay, on educational leave or under suspension.

14.06

1. When an employee becomes subject to this Agreement, his earned daily leave credits shall be converted into hours. When an employee ceases to be subject to this Agreement, his earned hourly leave credits shall be reconverted into days, with one day being equal to seven decimal five (7.5) hours.
2. Earned leave credits or other leave entitlements shall be equal to seven decimal five (7.5) hours per day.
3. When leave is granted, it will be granted on an hourly basis and the number of hours debited for each day of leave shall be equal to the number of hours of work scheduled for the employee for the day in question.
4. Notwithstanding the above, in Clause 17.02, Bereavement Leave with Pay, a "day" will mean a calendar day.

Article 15
Vacation Leave

15.01 The vacation year shall be from April 1st to March 31st, inclusive.

15.02 Accumulation of Vacation Leave Credits

An employee shall earn vacation leave credits at the following rate for each calendar month during which the employee receives pay for at least ten (10) days:

Paragraph 15.02(a) applies only to the MD Group

1. twelve decimal five (12.5) hours until the month in which the employee's sixteenth (16th) anniversary of service occurs;

Paragraphs 15.02(b) and (c) do not apply to the MD Group

2. nine decimal three seven five (9.375) hours until the month in which the employee's first (1st) anniversary of service occurs;
3. twelve decimal five (12.5) hours commencing with the month in which the employee's first (1st) anniversary of service occurs;
4. thirteen decimal seven five (13.75) hours commencing with the month in which the employee's sixteenth (16th) anniversary of service occurs;
5. fourteen decimal four (14.4) hours commencing with the month in which the employee's seventeenth (17th) anniversary of service occurs;
6. fifteen decimal six two five (15.625) hours days commencing with the month in which the employee's eighteenth (18th) anniversary of service occurs;
7. sixteen decimal eight seven five (16.875) hours per month commencing with the month in which the employee's twenty-seventh (27th) anniversary of service occurs;
8. eighteen decimal seven five (18.75) hours per month commencing with the month in which the employee's twenty-eighth (28th) anniversary of service occurs.

15.03 For the purpose of clause 15.02 only, all service within the public service, whether continuous or discontinuous, shall count toward vacation leave except where a person who, on leaving the public service, takes or has taken severance pay. However, the above exception shall not apply to an employee who receives severance pay on lay-off and is reappointed to the public service within one (1) year following the date of lay-off.

15.04 Entitlement to Vacation Leave With Pay

An employee is entitled to vacation leave with pay to the extent of the earned credits but an employee who has completed six (6) months of continuous employment may receive an advance of credits equivalent to the anticipated credits for the vacation year.

15.05 Approval, denial or cancellation of a request for Vacation Leave

The Employer shall give an employee as much notice as is practicable and reasonable of approval, denial or cancellation of a request for vacation. In the case of denial, alteration or cancellation of such leave, the Employer shall give the written reason thereof, upon written request from the employee.

15.06 Provision for Vacation Leave

In order to maintain operational requirements, the Employer reserves the right to schedule an employee's vacation leave but shall make every reasonable effort:

1. to provide an employee's vacation leave in an amount and at such time as the employee may request;
2. not to recall an employee to duty after they have proceeded on vacation leave.

15.07 Replacement of Vacation Leave

Where, in respect of any period of vacation leave, an employee:

1. is granted bereavement leave,
   or
2. is granted sick leave on production of a medical certificate,
   or
3. is granted leave with pay because of illness in the immediate family,

the period of vacation leave so displaced shall either be added to the vacation period, if requested by the employee, and approved by the Employer, or reinstated for use at a later date.

15.08 Carry Over

1. Where in any vacation year an employee has not been granted all the vacation leave credited to them, the unused portion of the vacation leave shall be carried over.
2. Liquidation
   • During any vacation year, upon application by the employee and at the discretion of the Employer earned but unused vacation leave credits shall be compensated at the employee's hourly rate of pay as calculated from the classification prescribed in the employee's certificate of appointment of their substantive position on March 31st.

15.09 Recall From Vacation Leave

Where, during any period of vacation leave, an employee is recalled to duty, the employee shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses, as normally defined by the Employer, that the employee incurs:

1. in proceeding to the place of duty,
   and
2. in returning to the place from which he was recalled if the employee immediately resumes vacation upon completing the assignment for which he was recalled,

after submitting such accounts as are normally required by the Employer.

15.10 The employee shall not be considered as being on vacation leave during any period in respect of which the employee is entitled under clause 15.09 to be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred by him.

15.11 Cancellation or Alteration of Vacation Leave

When the Employer cancels or alters a period of vacation leave which it has previously approved in writing, the Employer shall reimburse the employee for the non-returnable portion of vacation contracts and reservations made by the employee in respect of that period, subject to the presentation of such documentation as the Employer may require. The employee must make every reasonable attempt to mitigate any losses incurred and will provide proof of such action, when available, to the Employer.

15.12 Leave When Employment Terminates

When an employee dies or otherwise ceases to be employed, the employee or the employee's estate shall be paid an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the number of days of earned but unused vacation leave with pay to the employee's credit by the daily rate of pay as calculated from the classification prescribed in the employee's certificate of appointment on the date of the termination of employment.

15.13 Vacation Leave Credits for Severance Pay

Where the employee requests, the Employer shall grant the employee earned but unused vacation leave credits prior to termination of employment if this will enable the employee, for purposes of severance pay, to complete the first (1st) year of continuous employment in the case of lay-off, and the tenth (10th) year of continuous employment in the case of resignation.

15.14 Abandonment

Notwithstanding clause 15.12, an employee whose employment is terminated by reason of a declaration that the employee has abandoned their position is entitled to receive the payment referred to in clause 15.12 if the employee requests it within six (6) months following the date upon which his employment is terminated.

15.15 Recovery on Termination

In the event of the termination of employment for reasons other than death or lay-off the Employer shall recover from any monies owed the employee, an amount equivalent to unearned vacation leave taken by the employee, calculated on the basis of the rate of pay applicable to the employee's classification on the date of termination.

15.16 Appointment to a Separate Agency

Notwithstanding clauses 15.12 and 15.13 an employee who resigns to accept an appointment with an organization as defined in Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act may choose not to be paid for unused vacation leave credits, provided that the appointing organization will accept such credits.

15.17 Appointment from a Separate Agency

The Employer agrees to accept the unused vacation leave credits up to a maximum of two hundred and sixty-two decimal five (262.5) hours of an employee who resigns from an organization as defined in Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act in order to take a position with the Employer if the transferring employee is eligible and has chosen to have these credits transferred.

15.18

Employees shall be credited a one-time entitlement of thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours of vacation leave with pay on the first (1st) day of the month following the employee's second (2nd) anniversary of service, as defined in clause 15.03.

Article 16
Sick Leave

16.01 Credits

An employee shall earn sick leave credits at the rate of nine decimal three seven five (9.375) hours for each calendar month for which the employee receives pay for at least ten (10) days.

16.02 An employee shall be granted sick leave with pay when the employee is unable to perform his duties because of illness or injury provided that:

1. the employee satisfies the Employer of this condition in such a manner and at such a time as may be determined by the Employer,
   and
2. the employee has the necessary sick leave credits.

16.03 Unless otherwise informed by the Employer, a statement signed by the employee stating that because of illness or injury he was unable to perform his duties shall, when delivered to the Employer, be considered as meeting the requirements of paragraph 16.02(a).

16.04 An employee shall not be granted sick leave with pay during any period the employee is under suspension or on leave of absence without pay.

16.05 When an employee is granted sick leave with pay and injury-on-duty leave is subsequently approved for the same period, it shall be considered for the purpose of the record of sick leave credits that the employee was not granted sick leave with pay.

16.06 Where an employee has insufficient or no credits to cover the granting of sick leave with pay under the provision of clause 16.02, sick leave with pay may, at the discretion of the Employer, be granted to an employee for a period of up to one hundred and eighty-seven decimal five (187.5) hours, subject to the deduction of such advanced leave from any sick leave credits subsequently earned and, in the event of termination of employment for other than death or lay-off, the recovery of the advance from any monies owed the employee.

16.07 Sick leave credits earned but unused by an employee during a previous period of employment in the public service shall be restored to an employee whose employment was terminated by reason of lay-off and who is reappointed in the public service within two (2) year from the date of lay-off.

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