Stormtech Canada Associate Handbook

VACATION

1. PURPOSE Stormtech emphasizes the importance of personal time off and encourages associates to use their vacation days for rest, relaxation, and personal pursuits. Stormtech provides paid days to all associates in accordance with provincial legislation and offer additional benefits to associates. 2. SCOPE This policy applies to all Stormtech Associates working in Canadian locations. 3. RESPONSIBILITY People & Culture and Payroll is responsible for monitoring vacation schedules and shall ensure vacation pay is paid correctly and in a timely manner, consistent with the provisions of this Policy. Managers are responsible for receiving vacation requests, reviewing, scheduling, approving, providing documented confirmation of approval or denial and monitoring vacation time requested and taken, and for advising Payroll of any changes or revisions to approved vacation plans. VACATION LEAVE 4. POLICY • All regular full-time and part-time associates are entitled to vacation pay and time and will begin accruing vacation pay and time on their first day of employment. • Full-time associates are eligible to take vacation leave after they have completed their first three (3) months of employment. • The vacation year is January 1 st to December 31 st and vacation days are encouraged to be taken within the year in which it is earned. Vacation leave may be taken before it is earned, up to the associate’s maximum entitlement for the current year in which the vacation is earned. • If the Associate has accrued vacation days that they haven’t used yet when their employment ends, the Associate is entitled to vacation pay that is earned based on time worked. • If an Associate’s employment ends and they have taken a greater number of paid vacation days than was earned, based on time worked, the Associates final pay may include a deduction of the over-payment of vacation pay or the Associate is required to pay the company back this overpayment. • Employees on unpaid leave of absence cannot take vacation that is not yet earned or accrued. • Vacation days may be taken in one (1) day increment or half (½) day increments. • Associates may carry-over up to five (5) days in any given year, but these days must be used before the end of the following vacation year. • For full-time associates, vacation is accrued based on the following schedule:

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