WCB – Alberta (Millard Health) Collective Agreement 2021-2024

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.
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 zero percent (5.0%) of their basic hourly rate of pay, in lieu of the named holidays and floater holiday.