Pacific Maritime Association

I N D U S T RY B E N E F I T S ADDITIONAL vACATION WEEkS Registrants who qualify for a basic one-week vacation may qualify for three additional vacation weeks based on total vacation qualifying years: One additional week if registrant has 17 total qualifying years – or – Two additional weeks if registrant has 23 total qualifying years – or – Three additional weeks if registrant has 25 total qualifying years Registrants who qualify for a basic two-week vacation may qualify for four additional vacation weeks based on total vacation qualifying years: One additional week if registrant has 8 total qualifying years – or – One additional week if registrant has 5 total qualifying years in the last 10, and was registered before July 1, 1990 in ports other than seattle, portland, san francisco and los angeles, and has been available for employment 10 or more years – or – Two additional weeks if registrant has 17 total qualifying years – or – Three additional weeks if registrant has 23 total qualifying years – or – Four additional weeks if registrant has 25 total qualifying years Additional Weeks of vacation Up to four additional weeks of vacation may be earned and paid, based on the number of past years of service in which a registrant received a basic one-week vacation. The requirements are shown in the table on the right. To receive a third week of vacation, a registrant must have qualified for a two-week basic vacation in the previous payroll year and must also have eight total years of service with a one-week vacation. Individuals registered prior to July 1, 1990, in ports other than Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, may receive a third week of vacation if they have qualified for a two-week basic vacation in the previous payroll year, have qualified for at least a one-week basic vacation in five of the previous ten payroll years, and have been available for employment for ten or more years. "Available for employment," in this instance, means any year that the individual has been paid at least 100 longshore hours, regardless of registration status. Eligible registrants may also receive extra weeks of vacation independent of having received a third week of vacation. For these extra weeks of vacation, the registrant must have earned one week of basic vacation and have 17 or more years of service. After 17, 23, and 25 years of service with one week of vacation, one, two, or three extra weeks of vacation are earned, respectively. Therefore, an individual with sufficient years of service may earn extra weeks of vacation without qualifying for a two-week basic vacation. The Joint Labor Relations Committee in each port schedules vacations. Rowers pass the MSC Beryl in the Oakland Estuary. 43 p a c i f i c M a r i t i M e a s s o c i a t i o n

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