PAID HOLIDAYS 12.01 All full-time nurses shall receive the following Holidays without loss of pay: New Year`s Day Labour Day Good Friday Thanksgiving Day Easter Monday Remembrance Day Victoria Day Christmas Day (December 25) Canada Day (July 1) Boxing Day (December 26) Civic Holiday Floating Holiday Family Day (3rd Monday in February) The Floating Holiday is to be taken at a time mutually agreed upon by each full-time nurse and the Employer.
(a) In order for a full-time nurse to qualify for a paid holiday and receive payment, such nurse must:
i) work her/his regular day of work preceding and following the holiday, provided that if a full-time employee is absent due to illness, the employee shall be paid for all statutory holidays during time of illness, according to the formula established under the Short Term Disability Plan. No statutory holidays are accumulated when on Short Term Disability. If a statutory holiday occurs when an employee is on authorized leave without pay, she/he shall receive statutory holiday pay provided that she/he is not on leave without pay the working day before or after the statutory holiday;
ii) and report for and perform her/his work on the holiday if she/he agreed to work that day unless excused by the Employer.
(b) A full-time nurse who qualifies for the holiday and does not work shall be paid for one (1) day at her/his normal rate of pay.
(c) A full-time nurse who works on any of the foregoing holidays shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half (1½) her/his applicable hourly rate of pay for all hours worked on such holiday. In addition, she/he will receive a lieu day off with pay.
12.03 A tour that begins or ends during the twenty-four (24) hour period of any of the above holidays, where the majority of hours worked falls within that twenty-four (24) hour period, shall be deemed to be work performed on the holiday for the full period of the tour.
12.04 When a holiday falls within a nurse’s vacation period, it shall be added to the end of her/his vacation or scheduled at a mutually agreeable time. When a holiday falls on a nurse’s regularly scheduled day or days off, it shall be scheduled at a mutually agreeable time.
(a) Lieu days are to be scheduled at a time mutually agreed between the Director of Care and the nurse.
(b) A request for the scheduling of lieu days must be submitted to the Director of Care at least three (3) working days prior to the posting of the schedule.
(c) Lieu days may be accumulated up to five (5) days. Lieu days accumulated in excess of five (5) days must be taken within two (2) pay periods before or two (2) pay periods after the holiday being observed, with mutual agreement between the nurse and her immediate supervisor.
12.06 Insofar as it is possible to do so, the Employer will do its best to equally distribute paid holidays off among its nursing staff.
12.07 If a part-time nurse is required to work on a Public Holiday, as outlined in 12.01, exclusive of the Floating Holiday the nurse shall be paid at one and one-half (1½) times her/his regular rate for all hours worked.