Wherever possible. a day off given in lieu of a Statutory Holiday shall, unless otherwise requested by an Employee, be added onto a weekend off. (a) The Employer agrees, at the request of the Local of the Union, to distribute time off (days off) as equitably as possible over the Christmas-Boxing Day and New Year's Day period, endeavouring to grant each Employee as many consecutive days off as possible over either Christmas-Boxing Day or New Year's Day. (b) To achieve the above, the parties agree that certain shift scheduling provisions contained in this agreement may have to be temporarily waived for specified time periods. The determination of the time period for the waiver of scheduling provisions and the manner of reinstating the shift schedule at the completion of the said time period shall be determined mutually between the Local of the Union and the Employer. (c) Whenever reasonably possible, any Employee who works all of the three holidays over the Christmas-New Year's period may take her Statutory Holidays off with her regular days off within four (4) weeks before or after the week in which the holidays occur.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement