Siksika Health Services Collective Agreement 2023-2026

Article 19: Named Holidays

1.  
   1. Full-time Employees shall be entitled to a day off with pay on or for the following Named Holidays based on basic rate of pay:
      
      New Year's Day
      Alberta Family Day
      Good Friday
      Victoria Day
      Canada Day
      August Civic Day
      National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
      Siksika Day
      Labour Day
      Thanksgiving Day
      Remembrance Day
      Christmas Day
      Boxing Day
      Easter Monday
      Parade Day (Stampede)
      Siksika Fair Day
      Indigenous Peoples Day
      
      and all general holidays proclaimed to be a statutory holiday by any of the following:
      1. the Siksika Nation; or
      2. the Province of Alberta; or
      3. the Government of Canada
   2. 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 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 on the Named Holiday when scheduled or required to do so
3. "Day' as referenced in this article shall be defined as the twenty-four (24) hour period on the Named Holiday.

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 their basic rate of pay, and shall receive an alternate day to be taken as follows:

   (i)  an alternate day off at a mutually agreed time; or

   (ii)  by mutual agreement, a day added to their next annual vacation.

5. When a Named Holiday falls during an Employee's annual vacation, the Employee
   shall receive:

   (i)  at the written request of the Employee, payment of one (1) day's pay; or

   (ii)  an alternate day off at a mutually agreed time; or

   (iii)  by mutual agreement, a day added to their next annual vacation.

6.  
   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.
7. Named Holidays — Temporary and Casual Employees
   Article 19 is replaced in its entirety by the following:

   1. Temporary and Casual Employees required to work on a Named Holiday, which are
      
      New Years Day
      Alberta Family Day
      Good Friday
      Victoria Day
      Canada Day
      August Civic Day
      National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
      Sikska Day
      Parade Day (Stampede)
      Siksika Fair Day
      Indigenous Peoples Day
      Labour Day
      Thanksgiving Day
      Remembrance Day
      Christmas Day
      Boxing Day
      Easter Monday
      
      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; or
      3. Siksika Nation.

      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. An 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.