PAID HOLIDAYS 16.01 An employee will be paid the employee’s regular rate of pay for the following holidays: New Year’s Day Labour Day August Civic Holiday Good Friday Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day Victoria Day Canada Day Boxing Day In each calendar year, each employee who has completed their probationary period is entitled to three (3) paid floater holidays to be taken as follows: The employee must notify the Company, in writing, at least two weeks in advance of the requested floater day. The floater day will be approved subject to operational requirements. In the event of a conflict between two employees requesting the same floater day, preference will be given to the employee who 1st made the request. If the employee passes probation any time from October 1 or after, they shall have the remaining months of that year plus the next twelve (12) months to take their floating days. The company will respond in writing to all requested floater days. For float day requests submitted outside of CBA guidelines a minimum two weeks’ notice shall be given and responded to in writing within two business days of received request. Last minute requests submitted in writing shall be responded to in writing.
16.02 An employee who is required to work on any of the holidays listed in Article 16.01 shall be paid at time and one-half (1 1/2) the employee’s straight hourly rate for all hours so worked, and in addition, the employee will receive holiday pay, if entitled, to the payment provided in Section 16.01.
16.03 An employee who is absent on vacation when a paid holiday occurs, as listed in Section 16.01, will receive an extra day’s vacation added to the end of the said vacation period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the employee and the Company may agree to an alternate date. Employees shall, at their request, forfeit extra days of vacation and receive one full day’s pay at their normal regular hours and hourly rate.
a) In the event that any of the holidays listed above fall on Saturday or Sunday, it will be granted on either the preceding Friday or the following Monday as per the Company’s operating schedule except where in Bargaining Unit 333-29 it may be changed by mutual agreement between the Union and the Company. b) Furthermore, if a paid holiday falls on a workday other than a Monday or Friday, the Company will post a notice if the holiday will be observed on a day other than the one on which it falls.
16.05 An employee shall be paid for a general holiday upon which the employee would normally be scheduled to work were it not for the said holiday, provided that the employee has been in the employment of the Company for at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the date of the general holiday and has earned wages on at least fifteen (15) of the thirty (30) calendar days prior to the date of the general holiday, and worked the employee’s last full scheduled shift before and the employee’s first full scheduled shift after such holiday. The employee shall be paid the higher of the employee’s regular scheduled shift or an average of hours worked per day during the previous thirty (30) days.
16.06 An employee may use Floater days for Sick or personal providing they are not adjacent to Statutory Holidays or weekends.
