Stettler District Ambulance Association Collective Agreement 2023 - 2026

Article 16: Named Holidays

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   1. Full-Time Employees shall be entitled to a day off with pay on or for the following Named Holidays:
      
      New Year's Day
      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
      
      and all general holidays proclaimed by any of the following: a Municipal Government, the Province of Alberta, or the Government of Canada.
   2. In addition to the foregoing Named Holidays, Full-time Employees shall be granted an additional holiday as a Floater Holiday in each calendar year. The Floater Holiday shall be scheduled at a time mutually agreed upon between the Employer and Employee. If the Floater Holiday is not taken by the last day of the calendar year, it shall be paid out.
2. A Full-Time Employee shall be paid for the above Named Holidays at the Employee’s Basic Rate of Pay for twelve (12) hours a day.
3. 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 two times (2X) their Basic Rate of Pay. The day off with pay as provided in Article 16.01 shall be granted within ninety (90) days after the holiday. If the Named Holiday is not taken by the ninety (90) day window, it will be paid out on the next payroll.
4. When a Named Holiday falls on a day that would otherwise be an Employee’s regularly scheduled day off, the Employee shall receive an alternate day off as outlined above.
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.
6. 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; or
   3. an Employee is receiving Workers' Compensation benefits, or
   4. Short Term Disability, or Long Term Disability income.
7. A Named Holiday for the purpose of this Collective Agreement is defined as commencing from zero zero zero one (0001) hours on such holiday and ending at twenty-four hundred (2400) hours on the same day.
8. To qualify for a Named Holiday with pay an Employee must:

   1. Work the scheduled Shift immediately prior to and immediately following each Named Holiday, except where the Employee is absent due to illness or other reasons acceptable to the Employer, or

   2. Work on the Named Holiday when scheduled or required to do so.