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THE TOWN OF BERWICK
POLICY STATEMENT
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Policy # 4.003
HOLIDAYS
Effective Date:
September 14, 1999
Revision Date:
August 25, 2016
Purpose
To establish the recognized Holidays for employees of the Town of
Berwick.
Objectives
The objectives of the Holiday Policy will be to:
1. State the number of paid days honored by the Town each year;
2. define who is eligible for holiday pay;
3. determine compensation for holiday work.
Policy
It shall be the policy of The Town of Berwick that the following
recognized holidays shall be observed with pay:
- New Year's Day
- NS Heritage Day
- Good Friday
- Easter Monday
- Victoria Day
- Canada Day
- First Monday in August
- Labour Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Remembrance Day
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
- The days between Christmas and New Years
Substitution
In the event that a Holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, then either
the preceding Friday or the succeeding Monday will be observed.
Authority: Council
Ref. Form:
Date: September 14, 1999
THE TOWN OF BERWICK
POLICY STATEMENT
Page 2 of 2
Policy # 4.003
HOLIDAYS
(continued)
Effective Date:
September 14, 1999
Revision Date:
August 25, 2016
NOTES:
Eligibility for Pay
Employees shall be paid for the above holidays provided:
- they have worked the regularly scheduled shift of work
immediately preceding and immediately following the holiday. A
sick day or a vacation day is to be considered as a day worked;
and
- they have received, or are entitled to receive, pay for at least
fifteen days during the thirty calendar days immediately
preceding the holiday.
Pay
Employees who are eligible for holiday pay will be paid in the
following manner:
Employees who do not work on a holiday will receive pay equivalent
to the amount they would have received for the normal hours of
work.
Employees who do work on a holiday shall be paid the amount they
would otherwise have received for that holiday, unless a substitute
day off with pay is arranged, plus one and one-half times their
regular rate of wages for the time actually worked.
Part-time and Casual employees who do not work regular scheduled
hours and do not work on a holiday will receive holiday pay
equivalent to the average of their daily earnings, exclusive of
overtime, for the days they worked in the four (4) week period
immediately preceding the week in which the holiday occurs.
Authority: Council
Ref. Form:
Date: September 14, 1999