STATUTORY HOLIDAYS (a) The following days shall be considered holidays for which full time employees shall receive eight (8) hours' pay for each statutory holiday as listed below, at their regular hourly rate of pay. If said employee works on said holiday, he shall be paid as per Article 29.06: New Year’s Day Labour Day ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Day Thanksgiving Day Good Friday Christmas Day Victoria Day Boxing Day Canada Day
(b) Employees working on Remembrance Day will be paid in accordance with the Remembrance Day Act or as amended by the Provincial Government.
29.02 All part-time employees shall receive general holiday pay in an amount equal to one-fifth (1/5) of the average weekly hours that were paid to the employee during the four (4) complete calendar weeks immediately prior to the week in which the general holiday occurs.
29.03 In order for an employee to qualify for a statutory holiday they must not have been voluntarily absent from their scheduled workday the day prior to and/or following such holiday. Vacation, leave of absence authorized by the Company and sick leave shall not disqualify an employee from receiving their general holidays as noted above.
29.04 If a statutory holiday occurs during an employee's vacation or scheduled day off, they shall have the opportunity to take an extra day's vacation with pay or an extra day's pay. In the event the employee chooses to take an extra day off with pay, the day off selected shall be subject to Company approval.
29.05 In the event that a security guard works in a location where a statutory holiday occurs which is not recognized in this agreement, and the client closes its business for that day, and the security guard, had that not been the case, would have normally worked on that day, said security guard shall be offered work in another location for the equivalent time that the employee would have worked if such work is available.
29.06 An employee who is required to and does work on a statutory holiday shall be paid at one and one-half (1½) times their rate of pay (plus one and one-half (1½) times the overtime rate if applicable) for all hours worked on a statutory holiday and in addition, shall be paid their regular pay for the statutory holiday if they fall in accordance with the requirements specified in 29.03 above.
29.07 Senior full-time employees will be given an opportunity not to be scheduled to work both Christmas and New Year’s Day, except in the event that there are no employees available or overtime or training costs are to be incurred by the Company to accommodate the change. Requests shall be submitted forty-five (45) days in advance and the Company shall respond within ten (10) days of the request.
Annual Leave Loading During a period of annual leave an employee will receive a loading of 17.5 per cent calculated on the employee’s normal hourly rate of pay and the daily fares allowance if applicable. The loading will also apply to proportionate leave on lawful termination.
Vacation, Holidays and Sick Leave During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation, paid holidays and sick leave in accordance with the Company's standard policies for its senior executive officers.
Prime Time Vacation Period Subject to the provisions of this article, it is the intent of the parties that no employee will be restricted in the time of year they choose to take their vacation. The Employer will make every effort to allow employees to take their vacation during the period of April 15th to October 15th inclusive, which will be defined as the prime time vacation period.
Vacation Leave Accrual Rate Schedule Full Years of Service Hours Per Year