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ARTICLE 22 22.01 The following shall be paid holidays:
22.02 Where a paid holiday under Clause 22.01 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the paid holiday shall be observed on the following Monday. Where two (2) consecutive paid holidays fall on Saturday and Sunday, the two (2) paid holidays shall be observed on the following Monday and Tuesday. 22.03 Employees shall normally be entitled to four (4) days off, during the regular work week period, December 26 to December 31 inclusive, as follows: (i) the regularly scheduled work days shall be designated as days off with pay (i.e., paid but not worked) for regular and treated as regular employees, and these employees shall receive the base pay they regularly receive for their normal day's work; (ii) the regularly scheduled work days shall be designated as days off without pay (i.e., unpaid and not worked) for temporary employees and apprentices; (iii) where an employee is scheduled and required to work on one or more of these days off, s/he shall receive straight time pay; and if s/he is a regular or treated as regular employee, s/he shall receive an alternative day off with pay in lieu of the designated paid day off at a mutually agreeable time (no more than six (6) months later); failing mutual agreement, the employee's Department Head may schedule the employee off or pay the employee for time off in lieu; (iv) an employee on stand-by and/or called back during a designated day off with pay shall be treated as if s/he were on standby or call back on a day of rest; (v) to be eligible for these designated days off with pay, an eligible employee must be at work (or be on approved leave with pay) his/her last normal working day before these designated paid days off, and his/her first normal working day after; (vi) eligible employees covered by clause 9.03 shall be entitled, at a mutually agreeable time (no more than six (6) months later), to equivalent time off to a maximum of seven (7), seven and one-half (7.5) or eight (8) hours, as appropriate, for each designated day off with pay scheduled and worked; failing mutual agreement, the employee's Department Head may schedule the employee off or pay the employee for time off in lieu 22.04 Where an employee is not required to work on a paid holiday, his/her pay for that holiday shall be the pay which s/he regularly receives for his/her normal day's work. 22.05 To be eligible for paid holidays, an employee must be at work (or on approved leave with pay) his/her last normal working day before the paid holiday, and his/her first normal working day after. 22.06 When a paid holiday falls on one of an employee's normal rest days, s/he shall be given some other day of paid leave in lieu of the day of rest. For purposes of Clause 22.08, an employee shall only be considered to have worked on a paid holiday when s/he works on one of the specific days set out in Clause 22.01. 22.07 When provision of a lieu day cannot be arranged due to operational requirements, the employee shall receive a day's pay not later than the end of the month following the month in which the paid holiday occurs. 22.08 (a) When an employee is required to work on a paid holiday, s/he shall be paid at double time for all hours worked, and in addition shall be given some other day off with pay in lieu of the paid holiday at a mutually agreeable time. Where this provision applies, Clause 22.04, shall not apply. (b) Where the employee works less than his/her regular daily hours, s/he shall be paid at straight time for the balance of those hours s/he was not required to work. (c) Where a minimum time payment applies, the straight time pay will be for the difference between that minimum and his/her regular hours. (d) The minimum payment for working on a paid holiday is two (2) hours at applicable overtime rates. 22.09 Notwithstanding Clause 22.07, an employee working in continuous operations shall have the opportunity to schedule the lieu day in conjunction with his/her normal rest days, or with his/her next period of vacation leave. Not more than five (5) of these days may be taken in conjunction with vacation leave. Where an employee elects, in advance, to schedule the alternate day off, it shall not be changed except by mutual agreement. 22.10 Part-time Regular and Temporary Employees (a) If the paid holiday falls on a day when a part-time or temporary employee is normally scheduled to work, this Article shall apply as written. (b) If the paid holiday falls on a day when a part-time or temporary employee is normally scheduled not to work, this Article shall not apply to that employee. 22.11 Apprentices This Article shall not apply, however, the apprentice shall receive as holiday pay the sum equivalent to that which s/he receives for his/her normal day's work or if s/he is required to work on such a holiday, s/he shall receive pay for the said holiday, plus two times his/her normal rate for the hours worked. |
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