Civilian Collective Agreement – Article 18 Holidays

18.01.01

An employee shall be entitled to the following paid holidays each year:

Any other public holiday as proclaimed by the Governor General or Lieutenant Governor.

18.01.02

Except as provided in Article 18.01.03 when a holiday specified in Article 18.01.01 falls on a Saturday and/or successive Sunday, the next regular working day(s) which are not also a holiday are taken as the holiday(s) in lieu thereof.

18.01.03

Those employees whose work schedules are subject to rotating work weeks which include scheduled weekend work on a regular or recurring basis shall have the Canada Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day holidays designated as July 1st, November 11th, December 25th, December 26th and January 1st, respectively, and Article 18.01.02 shall have no application to these employees in respect of these holidays.

18.01.04

Where an employee works on a holiday included under Article 18.01.01, they shall be paid at the rate of two (2) times their basic hourly rate for all hours worked with a minimum credit of seven and one-quarter (7¼), eight (8), or the number of regularly scheduled hours, as applicable. At the employee’s request, the equivalent number of hours may be credited to the employee’s Compensating Time Bank in lieu of payment.

18.01.05

In addition to the compensation provided by Article 18.01.04, an employee who works on a holiday shall receive either seven and one-quarter (7-¼) or eight (8) hours pay as applicable at their basic hourly rate or seven and one-quarter (7 ¼) or eight (8) hours as applicable credited to their CTB.

18.01.06

It is understood that Articles 18.01.04 and 18.01.05 apply to an employee who is authorized to work on the holiday and who actually works on the holiday, and that an employee who, for any reason, does not actually work on the holiday shall not be entitled to the compensation described herein.

18.01.07

When a holiday included under Article 18.01.01 coincides with an employee’s scheduled day off and they do not work on that day, the employee shall be entitled to receive the number of regularly scheduled hours credited to their CTB.

18.01.08

Where an employee on a Compressed Work Week arrangement works on a holiday specified in Article 18.01.01 (Holidays) and opts for compensating leave under Article 18.01.05, they may elect, at that time, to receive, in addition to their entitlement under Article 18.01.05, further leave equal to the difference between the number of hours in the employee’s normal work day and their entitlement under Article 18.01.05. Where an employee makes this election, there shall be deducted from the employee’s pay for time worked under Article 18.01.04, an amount equal to the number of additional hours of leave granted under this Article.