RPT15.1.1

An employee shall be entitled to a paid holiday each year on each of the following days which fall on a day that is a regularly scheduled work day for the employee:

New Year’s DayGood Friday
Family DayVictoria Day
Easter MondayCivic Holiday
Canada DayThanksgiving Day
Labour DayChristmas Day
Remembrance DayBoxing Day

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

RPT15.1.2

An employee shall be compensated for each of the holidays to which they are entitled under Article RPT15.1.1. The compensation shall be equivalent to that of their regularly scheduled working day, but shall not exceed seven and one-quarter (7-1/4) or eight (8) hours, as applicable.

RPT15.2

When an employee works on a holiday listed in Article RPT 15.1.1, in addition to any compensation to which they may be entitled under Article 15.1.2, the employee shall be paid at the rate of two (2) times the basic hourly rate for all hours worked with a minimum credit of the number of hours in their regularly, scheduled working day. At the employee’s request, the equivalent number of hours may be credited to the employee’s Compensating Time Bank in lieu of payment.

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