Holidays Section 10.1 The following days shall be holidays for employees: New Year's Day Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Day Washington’s Birthday Patriot's Day Memorial Day Juneteenth National Independence Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veteran's Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day
Section 10.2 All holidays shall be observed on the Commonwealth's legal holiday unless an alternative day is designated by the Employer.
Section 10.3 When a holiday occurs on the regular scheduled workday of a full-time employee, he/she, if not required to work that day, shall be entitled to receive his/her regular day's pay for such holiday. An employee required to work on a holiday shall receive compensatory day off with pay within sixty (60) days following the holiday to be taken at a time approved by the agency head or if a compensatory day cannot be granted by the Agency/Department because of a shortage of personnel or other reason, then he/she shall be entitled to pay for one day at his/her regular rate of pay in addition to pay for the holiday worked.
Section 10.4 When a holiday occurs on a day that is not an employee's regular workday, he/she, at the option of the Employer shall receive pay for one day at his/her regular rate or one compensatory day off with pay within sixty (60) days following the holiday to be taken at a time approved by the agency head.
Section 10.5 Effective January 1, 2008, notwithstanding any other contract provisions, an employee who is required to work his/her regular shift on a holiday (and the employee was otherwise not scheduled to work said holiday), shall be entitled to elect, for the first five times per calendar year that such occurs, to receive either: (a) one day’s pay in addition to regular pay for compensation for working on the holiday; or (b) a compensatory day off with pay within sixty days following the holiday to be taken at a time requested by the employee and approved by the agency head or if a compensatory day cannot be granted by the agency/department because of a shortage of personnel or other reasons then he/she shall be entitled to pay for one day at his/her regular rate of pay in addition to pay for the holiday worked. Once five such occasions per calendar year have passed the employee shall then receive a compensatory day off with pay within sixty days following the holiday to be taken at a time requested by the employee and approved by the agency head or if a compensatory day cannot be granted by the agency/department because of a shortage of personnel or other reasons then he/she shall be entitled to pay for one day at his/her regular rate of pay in addition to pay for the holiday worked.
A. A part-time employee shall earn pay for a holiday or compensatory time in the same proportion that his/her part-time service bears to full-time service.
B. A part-time employee who is scheduled but not required to work on a holiday, who receives less holiday credit than the number of hours he/she is regularly scheduled to work, may use other available leave time, or upon the request of the employee and approval by the Appointing Authority, subject to operational needs, may make up the difference in hours that same workweek. The scheduling of these hours will be at a time requested by the employee and approved by the Appointing Authority, subject to operational needs.
A. An employee who is on leave without pay or absent without pay for that part of his/her scheduled workday immediately preceding or immediately following a holiday that occurs on a regularly scheduled workday for which the employee is not required to work shall not receive holiday pay for that holiday.
B. The above procedure may be waived by the Employer if an employee is tardy due to severe weather conditions or if an employee is tardy for not more than two (2) hours due to events beyond the control of the employee. Denial of said waiver by the employee may be appealed up to Step III of the grievance procedure if the Union feels that said denial was arbitrary or capricious.
Section 10.8 An employee who is granted sick leave for a holiday or part of a holiday on which she/he is scheduled to work shall not receive holiday pay or a compensatory day off for that portion of the holiday not worked.
Section 10.9 For the purposes of ARTICLE 8-LEAVE, ARTICLE 9-VACATIONS, and ARTICLE 10- HOLIDAYS, the term "day" with respect to employees who work an irregular workday or whose regular workday is longer than the normal seven and one-half (7.5) or eight (8.0) hour workday shall mean seven and one-half (7.5) or eight (8.0) hours, whichever is appropriate, and for the purpose of ARTICLE 9-VACATIONS, the term "week" with respect to such employees shall mean thirty-seven and one-half (37.5) or forty (40) hours, whichever is appropriate. For the purposes of ARTICLE 8-LEAVE, ARTICLE 9-VACATIONS, and ARTICLE 10- HOLIDAYS, all paid leave time shall be prorated for regular part-time employees.
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.
