St. Eustatius Health Care Foundation, St. Eustatius Auxiliary Home Foundation

Section 3 B - Chapter 8
Vacation and leave

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B - 8.1. Vacation hours

1. Vacation hours and forfeiture of vacation rights shall be governed by the provisions of the statutory vacation regulation where not deviated from in this agreement.

2. The period, during which vacations are be taken, will be determined in consultation between the Employee and the Employer. With respect to granting vacations by the Employer, the interests of the Employee will be taken into account as much as possible.

3. Holidays, Sundays and Saturdays, or the days that replace them, are not considered working days for the purposes of this regulation.

4. Further implementation rules regarding vacation hours are set forth in the HR policy.

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B - 8.1.1. Taking vacation hours

1. Vacation must be taken in the Calendar Year in which the entitlement was created. Vacation not taken on account of the organization shall be granted in the following Calendar Year.

2. Vacation hours may be carried over and taken in the Calendar Year following the year in which the entitlement was created without the Employer’s prior written approval as long as the number of vacation hours in a Calendar Year does not exceed the maximum of 264 hours. A maximum of 64 hours may be carried over to a subsequent year.

3. Exceptions are permitted with the Employer’s prior written approval.

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B - 8.1.2. Time of taking and distribution of vacation hours

1. Vacations will be granted in accordance with the Employee's wishes (uninterrupted if desired by the Employee), unless the interests of the department or service to which the Employee concerned is assigned are opposed to it. If the vacation is granted with interruptions, at least 10 consecutive working days will be granted if so requested by the Employee, or 15 consecutive working days may be granted at another time - to be determined by the Employer in consultation with the Employee. In any event, the Employee is entitled to take a maximum of 6 days as days off, which must be requested from the immediate supervisor at least 48 hours in advance.

2. The parties intend to have the taking of vacation days proceed in an organized manner, to be achieved, among other things, by drawing up vacation schedules for the entire Calendar Year, in the month of January of each year. If this does not take place, the Employee must comply with the vacation schedule issued by the management.

3. In case of pregnancy, vacation balance will be taken preferably, after the end of the maternity leave.

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B - 8.1.3. Calls for work and vacations

1. The Employer shall establish a vacation policy for the situation when an Employee is called for work prior to an assigned vacation or during a vacation. This policy shall provide that for such situations, the Employee shall be called 3 or 5 days in advance.

2. Any loss incurred by the Employee due to the change to the vacation period according to Section 2 article 8.1.3 shall be compensated by the Employer.

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B - 8.2. Leave - General

Children residing in the Employee's household, for whom an adoption application has been filed, shall be considered the Employee's Child for purposes of this implementing regulation.

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B - 8.2.1. Cases of Paid Special Leave

1. In addition to the days stated in article 8.3 of Section 2 and the statutory legal leave options, the Employer shall provide the Employee with Paid Special Leave for the events listed below as follows:

a. Marriage of parents, children, siblings - day of marriage. 1 day

b. Marriage of brother-in-law and sister-in-law; day of marriage 1 day

c. An Employee's child’s graduation ceremony: the day on which this event occurs. Per Calendar Year, an Employee may request a maximum of 1 leave day due to this event. 1 day / Calendar year

d. Death of Spouse or Relationship Partner and Children: the day of death up to and including the day of burial or cremation; 6 days

e. Death as referred to above in paragraph d, e, or j of this article in case of death outside the island where the Employee resides: 1 additional day for travel 1 day

f. Employee's 12.5, 24 and 35-year wedding anniversary: the day on which the wedding anniversary is celebrated; 1 day

g. 25th, 40th and 50th wedding anniversary of parents and grandparents: the day on which the wedding party is celebrated; 1 day

h. Illness of the Employee ‘s child aged up to 12 years whereby a visit to a physician is required; Max 3 days per Calendar Year

i. Serious illness of parents, spouse or Relationship Partner and Children, including abroad: the specified days, which must be related and required for care due to illness; Max. 15 days per Calendar Year

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B - 8.2.2. Assistance to Care Recipients

Unpaid leave of up to 5 days can be taken for voluntarily accompanying care recipients during transportation abroad, if the schedule permits. The Employee must request permission in advance. Travel and accommodation expenses shall be borne by the Employee.