Accident Prevention Health and Safety Committee The Employer and the Union agree that they mutually desire to maintain standards of safety and health in the Hospital in order to prevent accidents, injury and illness, its responsibilities under the applicable legislation, the Hospital agrees to accept as a member of its Accident Prevention Health Safety Committee at least one representative selected or appointed by the Union from amongst bargaining unit employees. Such Committee shall identify potential dangers and hazards, institute means of improving health and safety programs and recommend. actions to be taken to improve conditions related to safety and health. The Hospital agrees to co-operate reasonably in providing necessary t o enable the Committee to function. Meetings shall more frequently required. The of all meetings review. be held every second month or at the of the Chair if shall maintain minutes and make the same available for representative appointed or selected in accordance with hereof shall serve for a term of one calendar year from the date of appointment which may be renewed for further periods of one year. Time off for such representative(s) to attend meetings of the Accident Health and Safety in accordance with the shall be granted and any representative(s) attending such meetings during their regularly hours of work shall not lose regular earnings as a result of such attendance. The Union agrees to to obtain the full co-operation of its in the observation of all safety rules and practices. Protective Clothing Hospital agrees to continue its present practices with respect to the provision of . . protective clothing and safety devices to . employees, subject to the provision set out below with respect to safety footwear. The Hospital further agrees to meet directly with the representative of the Union or through the Accident Prevention Committee to discuss the need f o r -any protective clothing or safety equipment in addition to that which the Hospital is presently providing. Effective September and on that date for each subsequent year, the Hospital will provide per year to each full-time employee who is required by the Hospital to wear safety footwear during the course of his duties. ARTICLE PAID The holidays with pay for this Agreement shall be: New Year's Day Good Friday Easter Monday Victoria Day Dominion Day Civic Holiday (as locally declared) Labour Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day Boxing Day During the term of this agreement, additional holiday, the Float which is not a day, shall be granted, namely the third Monday February. If the Government proclaims a different day in February, that day shall replace this holiday. Due to the nature of t h e services necessary in a Hospital, many of the employees be required to work on these holidays. In general, employees may be to alternate with each other in being absent work on holidays for instance, an employee having Christmas Day off might not be allowed off on New Year's Day. Employee's preference shall be before posting of schedules for holiday, provided there is no delay in stating the preference. To for holiday pay as an employee must work his or her full regular-, scheduled shift immediately preceding and his or her full regularly scheduled shift immediately the Holiday. In the event of an employee being from the immediately preceding or succeeding by reason of illness, by medical certificate or o t h e r w i s e , lasting than five full days, such shall qualify for holiday pay, it being further and agreed that no employee shall receive pay for more than one holiday during any illness except for holidays over the Christmas Year's periods, in which case no receive pay for more than three holidays. I f any of the above named holidays occur on an employee’s regular d a y off, or during his or her vacation period, the employee will receive an additional day off or payment for holidays in lieu thereof, but the additional day shall not be added to the period of vacation of the employee except with the consent of the Department Head. An employee required to work on of the foregoing holidays shall be paid at time and one half his regular straight time rate of pay for time worked on such holiday in addition to any holiday pay to which he may be entitled or at the option of the Hospital the employee may be paid time and one half for the time worked and a paid day off in lieu thereof, (or a further option of the Hospital), the employee may be paid his regular straight plus a paid day and a half off in lieu thereof. Failure to report for work assigned on such disqualify an employee for holiday pay. For the purpose of clarity, the holiday pay as provided for in this Article will be computed on the basis of the number of hours the employee is normally scheduled to work on a regular working day at his regular rate of pay. The day classified as a paid holiday is that in which the majority of hours worked fall within the commencement at midnight of the day before the actual paid holiday until midnight of the actual paid holiday. Where an employee is required to work overtime in excess of his regularly hours on a paid holiday (but not including hours on a subsequent regularly scheduled shift) such shall receive two and one half times his regular straight time hourly rate for such additional overtime. VACATIONS Vacations with pay will be granted on the basis of vacation periods, calculations of continuous employment and distributions being based on a vacation fiscal year. This fiscal year will be from May to April Effective October entitlement shall be as follows: Registered Nursing Assistants and Technicians who have completed one year or more of continuous service by April of any year shall receive an annual vacation of three weeks with pay at their regular rate of pay. Employees (other than Registered Nursing Assistants and Technicians) who have completed less than one year of continuous services as of' April shall be entitled to two weeks' annual vacation. Payment for such vacation shall be prorated in accordance with his/her service. Employees (other than Registered Nursing Assistants and Technicians) who have completed one year but less than three years of continuous service as of April shall be to two weeks' annual vacation with pay. Employees (other than Registered Nursing Assistants and Technicians) who have completed three years but less than eight years continuous service as of April shall be entitled to three Weeks' annual vacation with pay. An employee who has completed eight years but less than seventeen years of continuous service of April shall be entitled to four weeks' annual vacation with pay. An employee who has completed seventeen or more years of continuous service as of April shall be entitled to five weeks' vacation with pay. Vacation pay shall be calculated on the basis of the employee's regular straight time rate of times their 1 weekly hours of work, subject to the application of the Effect of Absence provision. An employee who leaves the employ of the Hospital for reason shall be entitled to receive any unpaid vacation pay which has accrued to his date of separation.
