House Next Door Society Collective Agreement 2012-2026

Article 11: Paid Holidays

1. The following are considered Paid Holidays:
   
   New Year's Day
   Family Day
   Good Friday
   Victoria Day
   Canada Day
   August Civic Day
   Labour Day
   National Day for Truth and Reconcialition Day
   Thanksgiving Day
   Remembrance Day
   Christmas Day
   Boxing Day
   
   and all general holidays proclaimed by the Government of Alberta or Canada.
    
2. To qualify for a Paid 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.
   2. Work on a Paid Holiday when scheduled.
3. 1. A Regular or Temporary full-time Employee obliged, by the Employer, in the course of duty to work on a Paid Holiday shall be paid for all hours worked on the Paid Holiday at one and one-half times (1 1/2X) their basic rate of pay plus:
      1. one regular day’s pay, or
      2. a mutually agreeable day off with pay within thirty (30) days either before or after the holiday, or
      3. by mutual agreement, the day added to their next annual vacation.
4. Should a Paid Holiday fall during an Employee’s vacation period, they shall be allowed an extra day for such paid holiday providing the Employee submits their request at the time Annual Vacation is scheduled or not less than thirty (30) days prior to Annual Vacation being taken.  Should it not be possible for the Employee to take such extra day in connection with their vacation, they shall, by mutual agreement, be allowed the extra day.  Failing this, the Employee shall be given one (1) day’s pay at their basic rate of pay.
5. When a Paid Holiday falls on a day that would otherwise be an Employee’s regular scheduled day off, the Employee shall receive an alternate day off. Where such alternate day off cannot be arranged, the Employee shall receive one (1) regular day’s pay in lieu of the holiday.
6. Paid Holidays for Part-Time, Temporary Part-Time and Casual Employees shall be paid as follows:
   1. If a Paid Holiday falls on a day that would normally have been a work day for the Employee, and the Employee does not work on the Paid Holiday, then the Employee must be paid for the Paid Holiday at least the Employee’s average daily wage.
   2. If a Paid Holiday falls on a day that would normally have been a work day for the Employee and the Employee works on the Paid Holiday, then the Employee is entitled to an amount that is at least the Employee’s average daily wages, and an amount that is at least one and one-half times (1 1/2X) the Employee’s wage rate for each hour of work of the Employee on that day.
   3. The definitions of the phrases “average daily wage” and “would normally have been a work day” are those contained in the Employment Standards Code.