a) The following shall be considered as Statutory Holidays for each of which employees shall receive one (1) full day's pay without having to work:
New Years Day Labour Day
Good Friday Thanksgiving Day
Easter Monday Remembrance Day
Empire Day Christmas Day
Canada Day Boxing Day
B.C. Day
And all other Statutory Holidays as may be declared or observed by Federal, Provincial or Municipal Governments.
b) Employees who have completed their probation period shall be paid for Statutory Holidays providing they have worked at least five days during the twenty working days immediately preceding the day on which said holiday is observed and the employee has not been absent without permission on the day preceding and the day following the holiday.
c) Any of the above holidays that fall on Saturday will be observed on the preceding Friday, or the day proclaimed. Any of the above Holidays that fall on Sunday will be observed on the following Monday, or the day proclaimed.
d) All employees who are required to work a regular shift on Statutory Holidays shall receive time and one-half for their actual hours of work on such holidays and in addition shall be given a day off with full pay at a time mutually agreed upon by the Company and the employee.