Canadian Blood Services (Technical) Collective Agreement 2021-2024

Article 14: Named Holidays

1. Regular full-time and temporary full-time Employees shall be entitled to a paid day off on or for (in lieu of) the following named holidays:
   
   New Year's Day
   Alberta Family Day
   Good Friday
   Victoria Day
   Canada Day
   August Civic Day
   Labour Day 
   National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
   Thanksgiving Day
   Remembrance Day
   Christmas Day
   Boxing Day
   Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve as scheduled by the Employer
   
   and all general holidays proclaimed by any of the following:  the Municipality in which the Centre/satellite site is located, the Province of Alberta or the Government of Canada.
   
   In addition to the foregoing Named Holidays, regular full-time and temporary full time Employees who are employed on or before September 1 in any calendar year will be granted an additional holiday, as a Float Holiday in that year. Such Holiday will be requested in writing by the Employee and will be scheduled at a time mutually agreed upon by the Employer and the Employee.  Whenever possible, the Float Holiday must be taken prior to utilizing any annual vacation leave.  If the Holiday is not scheduled or taken prior to January 1 of the following year, it will be either scheduled or paid out by the Employer no later than March 31.  Employees whose employment terminates and have not taken the Float Holiday are not entitled to payment in lieu of such Float Holiday.
    
2. To qualify for a Named Holiday with pay, the Employee must:
   1. work their scheduled shift immediately prior to and immediately following the holiday except where the Employee is absent due to illness or other reasons acceptable to the Employer, and,
   2. work on the holiday when scheduled or required to do so except where the Employee is absent due to illness or other reasons acceptable to the Employer.
3. A regular full-time or temporary full-time Employee obliged in the course of duty to work on a Named Holiday shall be paid for all hours worked on the named holiday at two times (2X) their basic rate plus:
   1. one (1) regular day's pay, or
   2. a day off at a mutually agreed time within thirty (30) days either before or after the holiday, or
   3. by mutual agreement, a day added to their next annual vacation, and
   4. compensating time off at straight time for all hours worked in excess of seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours on the named holiday.
   5. Where a regular full time or temporary full time Employee is scheduled and works Christmas Eve or New Years Eve and such day is designated by the Employer as the Named Holiday in that year, it is agreed that hours worked on such day will be eligible for the payments as outlined in 14.03.
   6. For the purposes of the day designated as the Named Holiday corresponding to Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve, such days shall be alternated from one year to the next.  For the purpose of implementation, the initial designation shall be deemed to have been in 2005.
4. When a Named Holiday falls on a day that would otherwise be an Employee’s regular scheduled day off, the Employee shall receive an alternate day off with pay as outlined in Article 14.03(b).
5. 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.  Such day(s) in lieu shall be granted within thirty (30) days of return to work from vacation unless otherwise requested by the Employee and agreed to by the Employer.
6. The Employer shall endeavour to rotate, as equitably as possible, amongst Employees in classifications, the requirement to work on a Named Holiday.
7.  
   1. On each pay cheque, regular part-time, temporary part-time and casual Employees shall be paid, in addition to their regular rate of pay, five point three eight percent (5.38%) of their gross regular earnings (excluding overtime and callback hours) in lieu of scheduled named holidays.
   2. Regular part-time, temporary part-time and casual Employees required to work on a scheduled named holiday shall be paid at two times (2X) their basic rate of pay for all hours worked on such holiday(s).
   3. Where a regular part time, temporary part time or casual Employee is scheduled and works Christmas Eve or New Years Eve and such day is designated by the Employer as the Named Holiday in that year, it is agreed that hours worked on such day will be eligible for the premium payment outlined in 14.07 (b) above.
   4. For the purposes of the day designated as the Named Holiday corresponding to Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve, such days shall be alternated from one year to the next.  For the purpose of implementation, the initial designation shall be deemed to have been in 2005.