Foothills Regional Emergency Services Commission Collective Agreement 2023-2025

Article 19: Named Holidays

1.  
   1. Full-time and Part Time employees shall be entitled to a day off with pay on or for the following Named Holidays:
      
      New Year's Day
      Alberta Family Day
      Good Friday
      Victoria Day
      Canada Day
      August Civic Holiday
      Labour Day
      Thanksgiving Day
      Remembrance Day
      Christmas Day
      Boxing Day
      
      and all general holidays proclaimed to be a statutory holiday by any of the following:
       
      1. the Province of Alberta; or
      2. the Government of Canada.
   2. In addition to the foregoing Named Holidays, full-time employees who are in the employ of the Employer on February 1st shall be granted an additional holiday as a “floater holiday” in that year.  The Floater Holiday shall be scheduled at a time mutually agreed upon between the Employer and employee.
   3. If the Employer designates a common date for the day off with pay in lieu of a Named Holiday which falls on a Saturday or Sunday, such common date shall be designated by way of notice posted in the Communications Center at least six (6) months prior to the occurrence of the Named Holiday.
2. To qualify for a Named Holiday with pay the employee must:
   1. work the scheduled shift immediately prior to and immediately following each holiday, except where the employee is absent due to illness or other reasons acceptable to the Employer.
   2. work on the Named Holiday when scheduled or required to do so.
3. “Day” as referenced in this article shall be defined as twelve (12) Hours of work.

4. 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 one and one half times (1 ½ X) their basic rate of pay, except for Christmas and August Civic Day, for which an employee shall be paid for all hours worked on Christmas and August Civic Holiday at two times (2X) their basic rate of pay, and in all cases the employee shall receive an alternate day to be taken as follows:

   1. one (1) days’ pay; or
   2. an alternate day off at a mutually agreed time; or
   3. by mutual agreement, a day added to their next annual vacation; or

   failing mutual agreement within thirty (30) calendar days as to the option to be applied, it shall be deemed that payment of one (1) days’ pay at the basic rate of pay is desired;

5. If a date is not designated pursuant to Article 19.01(c) and subject to Article 19.02, when a Named Holiday falls on a day that would otherwise be an employee’s regularly scheduled day off, the employee shall receive:

   1. at the written request of the employee, payment of one (1) day’s pay; or
   2. an alternate day off at a mutually agreed time, to be booked within thirty (30) calendar days of each named holiday’s accrual; or
   3. by mutual agreement, a day added to their next annual vacation; or
   4. by mutual agreement a day added to the Employee’s Stat bank; or 

   failing mutual agreement of (a), (b), (c) or (d) above, within thirty (30) calendar days of each named holiday’s accrual, payment of one (1) day’s pay at the basic rate of pay.

6. When a Named Holiday falls during an employee’s annual vacation, the employee shall receive:

   1. at the written request of the employee, payment of one (1) day’s pay; or
   2. an alternate day off at a mutually agreed time, to be booked within thirty (30) calendar days of each named holiday’s accrual; or
   3. by mutual agreement, a day added to their annual vacation; or
   4. by mutual agreement a day added to the Employee’s Stat bank; or

   failing mutual agreement of (a), (b), (c) or (d) above, within thirty (30) calendar days of each named holiday’s accrual, payment of one (1) day’s pay at the basic rate of pay.

7.  
   1. No payment shall be due for a Named Holiday which occurs during
      1. a layoff, or
      2. all forms of leave during which an employee is not paid.
   2. No additional payment shall be due for a Named Holiday which occurs during a period when an employee is receiving Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability or Workers’ Compensation benefits.
8. Named Holidays – Temporary and Casual Employees

   1. Temporary and casual employees required to work on a Named Holiday, which are:   
      
      New Year's Day
      Alberta Family Day
      Good Friday
      Victoria Day
      Canada Day
      August Civic Holiday
      Labour Day
      Thanksgiving Day
      Remembrance Day
      Christmas Day
      Boxing Day
      
      and all general holidays proclaimed to be a statutory holiday by any of the following:

      1. the Province of Alberta; or
      2. the Government of Canada.

      Shall be paid at one and one-half times (1.5X) their basic rate of pay for all hours worked on the Named Holiday

   2. A temporary employee to whom these provisions apply shall be paid, in addition to their basic rate of pay, five percent (5%) of their basic hourly rate of pay in lieu of the Named Holidays, and the Floater Holiday.