PERSONAL) FLOATING HOLIDAYS. The Company agrees that each employee will be given three (3) Floating Holidays with eight (8) hours pay each at their regular hourly rate except where the individual is on a 12-hour schedule, in which case he/she will be allowed an equal amount of total hours off, i.e. twenty-four (24) hours or two (2) days off with pay; at a time to be arranged by the employee with his/her Supervisor. The floating holiday must be taken during the calendar year and to be eligible an employee must have completed sixty (60) working days of continuous service. Floating Holidays must be taken on a day the employee would otherwise be scheduled to work and will not be paid for unless they actually take time off. At least seven (7) day's written notice must be given (not to apply in case of emergency) to the employee's Supervisor on the forms provided. An answer to the notice must be given not later than five (5) days before the day requested as a Floating Holiday. Should the efficiency of operations be impaired, an alternate date will be agreed upon between the employee and the Supervisor at that time. The Company will institute the following measures to enable employees to take personal floating holidays: 1. Provide training to increase the number of employees able to cover personal floating holidays. 2. Include personal floating holidays in weekly allotment for number of employees allowed off at any one time. 3. The company will continue to encourage employees to volunteer to cover personal floating holidays. 4. The company will not request personal reasons for a Personal Floating Holiday.
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Sources: Collective Agreement
PERSONAL) FLOATING HOLIDAYS. The Company agrees that each employee will be given three (3) Floating Holidays with eight (8) hours pay each at their regular hourly rate except where the individual is on a 12-hour schedule, in which case he/she will be allowed an equal amount of total hours off, i.e. twenty-four (24) hours or two (2) days off with pay; at a time to be arranged by the employee with his/her Supervisor. The floating holiday must be taken during the calendar year and to be eligible an employee must have completed sixty (60) working days of continuous service. Floating Holidays must be taken on a day the employee would otherwise be scheduled to work and will not be paid for unless they actually take time off. At least seven (7) day's written notice must be given (not to apply in case of emergency) to the employee's Supervisor on the forms provided. An answer to the notice must be given not later than five (5) days before the day requested as a Floating Holiday. Should the efficiency of operations be impaired, an alternate date will be agreed upon between the employee and the Supervisor at that time. In the event an agreement cannot be reached at that time between the employee and his supervisor the employee will have the right to carry over the floating holidays into the next calendar year to be taken within sixty (60) days of January 1st. If there is still no agreement within the sixty (60) day period on a mutually agreed day off the employee will be paid out for any outstanding Floating Holidays at the rate of pay at that time. The Company will institute the following measures to enable employees to take personal floating holidays:
1. Provide training to increase the number of employees able to cover personal floating holidays.
2. Include personal floating holidays in weekly allotment for number of employees allowed off at any one time.
3. The company will continue to encourage employees to volunteer to cover personal floating holidays.
4. The company will not request personal reasons for a Personal Floating Holiday.
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Sources: Collective Agreement