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Section 6.05
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6.05. The indemnity for each general holiday referred to in sections 6.02 and 6.03 is paid as follows:
(a) the payment owed the employee for a general holiday with pay is equal to the amount to which the employee would have been entitled had the employee worked on that day;
(b) despite subparagraph a, if an employee is entitled to it and the employee’s working hours are scheduled over less than 5 days per week, the employee is remunerated as follows: 20% of the wages earned in the pay period preceding the holiday. If the pay period is every 2 weeks, the percentage is 10%.
An employee may renounce to take a general holiday if working on that general holiday does not entail a 50% increase in wages.
6.05. The indemnity for each general holiday with pay provided for in sections 6.02 and 6.03 is paid as follows:
(a) if the employee works more than 4 days a week: the indemnity is equal to the amount to which the employee would have been entitled had the employee worked on that day, or equal to 1/20 of the wages earned during the 4 complete weeks of pay preceding the week of the holiday excluding overtime hours, using the method that is the more advantageous to the employee;
(b) if the employee works 4 days a week or less: the indemnity is equal to 1/20 of the wages earned during the 4 complete weeks of pay preceding the week of the holiday excluding overtime hours.
An employee may renounce to take a general holiday if working on that general holiday does not entail a 50% increase in wages. Such renunciation must be in writing.
6.05. The indemnity for each general holiday provided for in sections 6.02 and 6.03 is equal to 1/20 of the wages earned during the 4 complete weeks of pay preceding the week of the holiday, excluding overtime hours.
