​VACATIONS QUALIFICATIONS

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​​​1 yr.  =  7 days

2 yrs.  =  14 days

8 yrs.  =  21 days

17 yrs.  =  28 days

25+ yrs.   =  42 days

​​PERSONAL LEAVE DAYS

IN ROAD SERVICE

Article 59

Section II (a) All active employees in road freight service will be entitled to personal leave days on the following graduated basis:

Less than (5) five years​ 

your earn (2) two days per year

(5) five years and less than (10) ten years

you earn (4) four days per year

(10) ten years and less than (15) fifteen years

you earn (7) seven days per year

(15) fifteen years and less than (20) twenty years you earn (10) ten days per year

(20) twenty years or more

you earn (13) thirteen days per year

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​PERSONAL LEAVE DAYS
IN YARD SERVICE

11 days a year no matter how many years of service​

​Vacation rosters are established on October 1st of every year

The 420 Galveston vacation roster is as follows:
Galveston boards

6, 7, 9, 16, 17, 18 & 30

Houston boards

7 & 600 

A. Effective January 1, 2024, those employees assigned vacation under the jurisdiction of SMART-TD and who have met the requirements in accordance with the National Vacation Agreement of 1949 (with revisions) for 25 years of service to receive five (5) weeks' vacation, will receive one (1) additional week for a total of six (6) weeks. 

B. Effective January 1, 2024, those employees assigned vacation under the jurisdiction of SMART-TD will be allowed to select one additional week to "float" as single days (total of up to two weeks) and they are to be approved in the same manner as the present one (1) week of single day vacation. Nothing in this paragraph (B) increases any employee's total vacation entitlement. 

Did you qualify for a vacation this year?

FYI it takes 244 inflated days to qualify for vacation, you can find this information on the WFhub, under Time Off then Annual Vacation Scheduling and you’ll see Qualified Days Worked as of 12/16/24 to the right in my case 493 days.

​​All vacations start @ 0600-hours and you get removed from the working boards @ 2201-hours. 
with the exception of Houston board 600 vacation starts @ 0600-hours and you get removed from the board @ 2101-hours