ARTICLE STATUTORY HOLIDAYS. The following twelve statutory holidays are considered paid holidays for those employees who have completed more than thirty continuous calendar days in the employ of the Company: New Year's Day Thanksgiving Day Good Friday Day before Christmas Day Victoria Day Christmas Day Boxing Day Labour Day Day before New Year's Day Armistice Day Floater Day If any of the above holidays falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, they will be recognized and paid for either on the Friday or Monday, after consultation with the Union and two (2) weeks' notice. An employee shall make a written request to the Company at least three weeks in advance of the day to be taken as his or her Floater holiday and shall be subject to the agreement of the Company. The amount paid to the employee, including employees regularly scheduled on twelve (12) hour shifts, will be equivalent to a full work period of eight (8) hours at his normal hourly rate, provided he works his last scheduled shift prior to and his next scheduled shift after such holiday. In order to qualify for payment of a holiday, the employee must have performed work for the Company within the two (2) calendar weeks prior to or within the two calendar weeks following the holiday, save that employees on sick leave or on compensation will receive payment for any holidays if they return to work within nine (9) months of the holidays. It is understood that an employee required to work during any of the above holidays will, in addition to his holiday pay, be paid at time and one-half his hourly rate. An employee required to work during the day before Christmas, Christmas, and Boxing Day, will in addition to his holiday pay, be paid at double his hourly rate; and if required to work on any of the remaining holidays will, in addition to his holiday pay, be paid at time and one-half his hourly rate. An employee called out for emergency work shall be entitled to be paid for four hours at his applicable hourly rate, regardless of time worked, or to the pay to which he is otherwise entitled under the overtime provisions of Article in respect of the time worked on such call out, whichever is the greater.
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Sources: Collective Agreement
ARTICLE STATUTORY HOLIDAYS. The following twelve (12) statutory holidays are considered paid holidays for those employees who have completed more than thirty (30) continuous calendar days in the employ of the Company: New Year's Day Thanksgiving Day Good Friday Day before Christmas Day Victoria Day Christmas Day 1st Boxing Day Labour Day Day before New Year's Day Armistice Day Floater Day If any of the above holidays falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, they will be recognized and paid for either on the Friday or Monday, after consultation with the Union and two (2) weeks' notice. An employee shall make a written request to the Company at least three (3) weeks in advance of the day to be taken as his or her Floater holiday and shall be subject to the agreement of the Company. The amount paid to the employee, including employees regularly scheduled on twelve (12) hour shifts, will be equivalent to a full work period of eight (8) hours at his normal hourly rate, provided he works his last scheduled shift prior to and his next scheduled shift after such holiday. In order to qualify for payment of a holiday, the employee must have performed work for the Company within the two (2) calendar weeks prior to or within the two (2) calendar weeks following the holiday, save that employees on sick leave or on compensation will receive payment for any holidays if they return to work within nine (9) months of the holidays. It is understood that an employee required to work during any of the above holidays will, in addition to his holiday pay, be paid at time and one-half his hourly rate. An employee required to work during the day before Christmas, Christmas, and Boxing Day, will in addition to his holiday pay, be paid at double his hourly rate; and if required to work on any of the remaining holidays will, in addition to his holiday pay, be paid at time and one-half his hourly rate. An employee called out for emergency work shall be entitled to be paid for four hours at his applicable hourly rate, regardless of time worked, or to the pay to which he is otherwise entitled under the overtime provisions of Article in respect of the time worked on such call out, whichever is the greater.
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Sources: Collective Agreement