(Article 19)
You are entitled to six weeks paid vacation per academic year. Normally it is taken between the regular academic terms. Arrangements may be made with the head of your academic unit to take your vacation at another time of the year with certain provisions.
Vacation is a “use-it-or-lose-it” benefit. You do not have to earn your vacation time which means you are entitled to take a paid vacation in your first year of employment. However, you are not entitled to be paid out for unused vacation and, under normal circumstances, you are not allowed to accumulate vacation time from one year to the next.
There are eleven recognized statutory holidays when the University is closed. These are government mandated holidays. If these fall on a Saturday or Sunday and the government does not designate an alterative day, JCMA selects an alternative day.