Common use of Fixed Holidays Clause in Contracts

Fixed Holidays. a. Commencing the first of the month fol- lowing ratification, fixed holidays in Local Agreements will be replaced with the Red Cross six core holidays and any additional fixed holidays, which occur after ratifica- tion, will be converted to floating holidays for use by December 31, 2015. b. In 2016, all additional fixed holidays in Local Agreements, other than the Red Cross six core holidays, will be converted to float- ing holidays. Half of the converted floating holidays must be used by June 30th and the remaining half must be used by December 31, 2016. If there is an odd number of holi- days, then the higher number will be used in the first half of the year.