Common use of Holidays – Part-Time Employees Clause in Contracts

Holidays – Part-Time Employees. 20.01 An employee who is required to work on any of the following Hospital holidays will receive pay at the rate of two and one-half times the employee's regular straight time hourly rate of pay for such work performed on such a holiday. New Year's Day Civic Holiday Second Monday of February Labour Day Good Friday Thanksgiving Day Easter Monday Second Monday of November Victoria Day Christmas Day Canada Day Boxing Day 20.02 An employee who is not required to work on any one of the above noted paid holidays shall receive payment equivalent to the hours, the employee would have worked multiplied by the employee's regular straight time hourly rate of pay provided the employee has satisfied the following conditions: (a) has worked at least eleven (11) normal shifts in the previous four week period (Note: for purposes of this Article, the work week is defined as Saturday through Friday inclusive). (b) work their normal scheduled shift preceding and their normal scheduled shift following the paid holiday unless the employee was absent due to illness or accident which commenced in the current or previous pay period in which the holiday occurred. For a part time employee who works a regular routine of split shifts, the calculation for payment for the holiday will be the average number of hours worked per shift during the 4 week qualifying period in (a) above. 20.03 Should the Hospital be required to observe additional paid holidays as a result of legislation, it is understood that one of the existing holidays recognized by the Hospital shall be established as the legislated holiday after discussion with the Union, so that the Hospital's obligation to provide for twelve (12) paid holidays remains unchanged. 20.04 An employee who is absent on any of the holidays after being required to work forfeits all pay for that day unless the employee provides a reason for such absence which is reasonable.