Bonnyville Regional Fire Authority Collective Agreement 2024-2026

Article 16: Named Holidays

1.  
   1. Full-Time Employees shall be entitled to a day off with pay on or for the following Named Holidays:
      
      New Year’s Day 
      Family Day 
      Good Friday 
      Easter Monday
      Victoria Day 
      Canada Day
      August Civic Day 
      Labour Day    
      National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
      Thanksgiving Day 
      Remembrance Day 
      Christmas Day 
      Boxing Day
      
      and all general holidays proclaimed by any of the following: the Town of Bonnyville, the M.D. of Bonnyville No. 87, the Province of Alberta, or the Government of Canada.
       
   2. In addition to the foregoing Named Holidays, Full-time Employees shall be granted an additional holiday as a Christmas Floater Holiday in each calendar year as follows:
      1. On December 24 when Christmas falls on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday.
      2. On December 27 when Christmas falls on Monday or Wednesday.
      3. On December 28 when Christmas falls on Sunday.
2. A Full-Time Employee shall be paid for the above Named Holidays at the Employee’s Basic Rate of Pay for twelve (12) hours a day.
3. An Employee obliged in the course of duty to work on a Named Holiday shall be paid for all hours worked on a named holiday at two times (2X) their Basic Rate of Pay.
4. When a Named Holiday falls during an Employee’s annual vacation, such holiday(s) may, by mutual agreement, be added to the vacation period, or if this is not possible, the Employee shall be granted another day or other days off in lieu thereof.
5. No payment shall be due for a Named Holiday which occurs:
   1. during a layoff; or
   2. during all forms of leave which an Employee is not paid; or
   3. when an Employee is receiving paid Sick Leave, Workers' Compensation benefits, Short Term Disability, or Long Term Disability income.
6. A Named Holiday for the purpose of this Collective Agreement is defined as commencing from zero zero zero one (0001) hours on such holiday and ending at twenty four hundred (2400) hours on the same day.
7. To qualify for a Named Holiday with pay an Employee must:
   1. Work the scheduled Shift immediately prior to and immediately following each Named Holiday, except where the Employee is absent due to illness or other reasons acceptable to the Employer, or
   2. Work on the Named Holiday when scheduled or required to do so.
8. A Casual Employee required to work on a named holiday, as listed in Article 16, shall be paid at two times (2X) their basic hourly rate for all hours worked on the named holiday.