Paid Leave for Full-time Employees. All full-time employees shall be entitled to a day's paid leave for the designated statutory holidays, except for Christmas Eve afternoon for which they are entitled to four (4) hours paid leave, provided:
(a) they are paid for either the day before or the day after the holiday, and
(b) their employment did not commence on the day after the holiday, and
(c) their employment did not terminate on the day before the holiday, and
(d) the employee was not absent without approved leave on either the working day immediately prior to or following the holiday or on the holiday.
Paid Leave for Full-time Employees. 20.01 Full time employees, who have completed the probationary period, become eligible for a system of paid leave. This system replaces paid sick leave. Employees, at their choice, can use this system, to the extent of their accumulated credits, to compensate themselves if they are absent from work for any reason, or alternatively, to receive additional wages, whether bi-weekly, or as an annual payment.
20.02 Eligible employees earn 2.75% of gross earnings as paid leave credits. Gross earnings include all payments of wages, including payments for time not worked, but do not include any payment based on paid leave credits, (whether under this system, or the previous system) or vacation pay.
20.03 Eligible employees may choose one of the following three options:
a. payment of the paid credits as part of the employee's regular bi-weekly pay
b. banking of the paid credits such that where the employee is absent from work, the employee can request payment for lost hours, to the extent of the banked credits
c. an annual payment of the paid credits in December of each year. Employees will choose their option when first eligible, but may revise the choice by giving the Employer written notice, and the revised choice will be effective in the following December. Where an employee fails to make a choice, the credits will be paid as part of the employee's regular bi-weekly pay.
