WCB – Alberta (Millard Health) Collective Agreement 2025-2028

Article 32: Named Holidays

1. Full-time Employees shall be entitled to a day off with pay on or for the following named holidays: 
   
   New Years Day
   Family Day
   Good Friday
   Easter Monday
   Victoria Day
   Canada Day
   August Civic Day
   National Day for Truth & Reconciliation
   Labour Day
   Thanksgiving Day
   Christmas Day
   Boxing Day
   One day: Christmas Floater
   
   and all general holidays proclaimed to be a statutory holiday by any of the following:
   1. the Municipal Government;
   2. the Province of Alberta; or
   3. the Government of Canada.
2. To qualify for a named holiday with pay, the Employee must:
   1. work the scheduled day immediately prior to and immediately following each holiday except where the Employee is absent due to illness or other reasons acceptable to the Employer; and
   2. work on the holiday when scheduled or required to do so.
3. An Employee required by the Employer to work on a named holiday shall be paid for all hours worked on the paid named holiday at one and one-half times (1½x) their basic rate plus:
   1. one (1) day’s pay; or
   2. by mutual agreement, a day off with pay within thirty (30) days either before or after the holiday; or
   3. by mutual agreement, a day added to their next annual vacation; or
   4. by mutual agreement, compensating time off for all scheduled overtime hours worked at two and one-half times (2 ½x) the hours worked to be taken within thirty (30) days of the named holiday unless the Employer approves a longer period.
4. 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.
   3. No additional payment shall be due for a Named Holiday which occurs during a period when an Employee is receiving sick leave for more than 72.5 consecutive work hours (Short Term Disability), Long Term Disability (LTD) or Workers' Compensation Board benefits.
5. Subject to Article 32.02, 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 at their basic rate of pay.
6. A permanent part-time, long-term part-time, short-term part-time or casual Employee shall be paid in addition to their basic rate of pay, with each month-end pay, five decimal thirty six percent (5.36%) of their basic hourly rate of pay, in lieu of the named holidays and floater holiday.