Prairie Emergency Medical Services Inc. Collective Agreement 2020-2025

Article 19: Named Holidays for Full-Time & Temporary Full-Time Employees

1.  
   1. Full-time and Temporary Full-time Employees shall be entitled to a day off with pay on the following Named Holliday.
      
      New Year's Day
      Alberta Family Day
      Good Friday
      Victoria Day
      Canada Day
      August Civic Holiday
      Labour Day
      National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
      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 and Temporary Full-time who are in the employ of the Employer shall be granted an additional two (2) holidays as “floater holidays” in that year, providing the employees participate in five (5) to ten (10) in-services per year (one (1) holiday per five (5) in-services).
   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 ambulance stations at least three (3) months prior to the occurrence of the Named Holiday.
2. To qualify for a Named Holiday with pay the Employee must:
   1. work on the Named Holiday when scheduled or required to do so.
3. “Day” as referenced in this article shall be defined as:
   1. Regular Shift twelve (12) hours
   2. Peak Shift eight (8) hours
   3. Core Flex ten (10) hours
   4. NAT ten (10) hours
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 (1.5X) their Basic Rate of Pay, and an alternate day to be taken as follows:
   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 to a maximum of eight (8) days, or eighty (80) hours, whichever is greater; or
   5. 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.
5. An Employee obliged, in the course of duty to work Christmas and the August Civic Holiday shall be paid for all hours worked on the Named Holiday at two times (2X) their Basic Rate of Pay plus:
   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 to a maximum of eight (8) days, or eighty (80) hours, whichever is greater; or
   5. 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 to a maximum of eight (8) days, or eighty (80) hours, whichever is greater; or
   5. 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. Employees who are not obliged to work on the named holiday shall receive payment of one (1) day’s pay at the Basic Rate of Pay.
8.  
   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.
9. Named Holidays – Part-Time and Casual Employees

   1. Part-time 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
      National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
      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 pay plus their average daily wage as outlined in Alberta Employment Standards.

   2. An Employee to whom these provisions apply required to work on Christmas Day and the August Civic Holiday shall be paid for all hours worked on the Named Holiday at two times (2X) their Basic Rate of Pay plus their average daily wage as outlined in Alberta Employment Standards.

   3. Employees who are not obliged to work on the Named Holiday shall be paid their average daily wage as outlined in Alberta Employment Standards.