Public Holidays 10.1 The following days shall be observed as public holidays: New Year's Day 2 January Waitangi Day Good Friday Easter Monday ANZAC Day Sovereign's Birthday Labour Day Christmas Day Boxing Day Anniversary Day (as observed in the locality concerned) 10.2 The following shall apply to the observance of Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day or 2 January, where such a day falls on either a Saturday or a Sunday: a) Where an employee is required to work that Saturday or Sunday the holiday shall, for that employee, be observed on that Saturday or Sunday and transfer of the observance will not occur. For the purposes of this clause an employee is deemed to have been required to work if they were rostered on, or on-call and actually called in to work. They are not deemed to have been required to work if they were on-call but not called back to work. b) Where an employee is not required to work that Saturday or Sunday, observance of the holiday shall be transferred to the following Monday and/or Tuesday in accordance with the provisions of Sections 45 (1) (b) and (d) of the Holidays Act 2003. c) Should a public holiday fall on a weekend, and an employee is required to work on both the public holiday and the week day to which the observance is transferred, the employee will be paid at weekend rates for the time worked on the weekday/transferred holiday. Only one alternative holiday will be granted in respect of each public holiday. 10.3 In order to maintain essential services, the employer may require an employee to work on a public holiday when the public holiday falls on a day which, but for it being a public holiday, would otherwise be a working day for the employee. 10.4 When employees work on a public holiday as provided above they will be paid at double the ordinary hourly rate of pay (T2) for each hour worked and they shall be granted an alternative holiday. Such alternative holiday shall be taken and paid as specified in the Holidays Act 2003. 10.5 An employee who is on call on a public holiday as provided above, but is not called in to work, shall be granted an alternative holiday, except where the public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday and its observance is transferred to a Monday or Tuesday which the employee also works. Such alternative holiday shall be taken and paid as specified in the Holidays Act 2003. 10.6 Those employees who work a night shift which straddles a public holiday, shall be paid at public holiday rates for those hours which occur on the public holiday and the applicable rates for the remainder of the shift. One alternative holiday shall apply in respect of each public holiday or part thereof worked. 10.7 Off duty day upon which the employee does not work: a) Fulltime employees – For fulltime employees and where a public holiday, other than Waitangi Day and ANZAC Day when they fall on either a Saturday or Sunday, falls on the employee’s rostered off duty day, the employee shall be granted an alternative holiday at a later date. In the event of Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day or 2 January falling on either a Saturday or Sunday and a full time employee is rostered off duty on both that day and the weekday to which the observance is transferred, the employee shall only receive one alternative holiday in respect of each public holiday. b) Part-time employees – Where a part-time employee’s days of work are fixed, the employee shall only be entitled to public holiday provisions if the day would otherwise be a working day for that employee. Where a part-time employee’s days are not fixed, the employee shall be entitled to public holiday provisions if they worked on the day of the week that the public holiday falls more than 40% of the time over the last three months. Payment will be relevant daily pay. 10.8 Public holidays falling during leave: a) Leave on pay When a public holiday falls during a period of annual leave, sick leave on pay or special leave on pay, an employee is entitled to that holiday which is not debited against such leave.
PAID HOLIDAYS K.1 The Hospital agrees to recognize the following paid holidays: January 1 ( New Year's Day) Civic Holiday Family Day (3rd Monday in February) Labour Day Good Friday Thanksgiving Day Easter Monday Victoria Day 3rd Monday in November December 25 (Christmas Day July 1st (Canada Day) December 26 (Boxing Day) K.2 The parties hereto recognize that the Hospital must extend daily service to patients and that it is therefore necessary to retain a portion of employees at work on holidays. If another day is substituted by statute or decree, or by mutual agreement between the parties for observance of any of the holidays listed in the section, the day of observance so substituted shall be deemed to be the holiday for purposes of this section. K.3 If a full time employee qualifies under the provisions of Article 15 of the Collective Agreement, she or he will receive a lieu day off, such lieu day to be granted at a mutually agreed upon time within ninety (90) calendar days following the paid holiday. Requests for lieu days will not be unreasonably denied and will not be designated. Where an employee is entitled to a lieu day off with pay, and such day is not mutually scheduled off before March 31st of the following calendar year in which it was earned, such employee shall be paid for the day at their regular rate of pay. Requests shall be granted on a first come, first served basis. Where there is more than one (1) request received on the same day based on the first come first served basis, approval(s) will be granted to the most senior employee(s). The manager will date requests received at the end of each business day except holidays and weekends which will be dated the business day following the holiday or weekend. K.4 A tour that begins or ends during the 24 hour period of the above holidays where the majority of hours worked falls within the holiday shall be deemed to be work performed on the holiday for the full period of the tour. K.5 When an employee is scheduled off on a paid holiday which occurs on a Monday or a Friday, the Hospital shall endeavor to schedule the employee off the Saturday and Sunday and in conjunction with such holiday. When an employee is scheduled to work on a paid holiday which occurs on a Monday or a Friday, the Hospital shall endeavor to schedule the employee to work on the Saturday and Sunday.