Wheatland & Adjacent Districts Emergency Medical Services Association Collective Agreement 2018-2023

Article 19: Named Holidays

1. Full-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
   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. 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 the applicable hours paid at the regular rate of pay for the shift worked 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 two and one-half times (2 ½ X) his basic rate of pay.

5. An Employee obliged, in the course of duty to work on Christmas and the August Civic Holiday shall be paid for all hours worked on the Named Holiday at two and one half (2 1/2 X) at his basic rate of pay plus an alternate day to be taken as follows: 

   (i)  one (1) days' pay; or

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

   (iii)  by mutual agreement, a day added to her next annual vacation; or

   (iv)  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;

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 his annual vacation; or
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 Long Term Disability or Workers’ Compensation benefits.