6.01       The following shall be considered as Statutory Holidays on which employees shall not be required to work:

New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, B.C. Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, December 24th, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, December 31st.

When a Statutory Holiday falls within an employee’s day off, the first working day prior to, or following the said Statutory Holiday shall be classed as the holiday on which employees shall not be required to work and shall be paid for at their regular rates.

Work performed on the aforementioned Statutory Holidays or on the above-arranged day(s), shall be paid at double time.

Any employee on Weekly Indemnity or Workers’ Compensation will receive supp-up pay based at 25% of a day’s wages for all Statutory Holidays which occur in the first twenty-six weeks of disability. Thereafter, entitlement for Statutory Holidays shall cease until such time as the employee recovers and returns to work.

An employee shall be paid for the above-mentioned Statutory Holidays at his/her current pay rate provided he/she has:

1. Worked at least forty regular hours during the one hundred sixty regular hours immediately preceding the day on which the said holiday is observed, and:
   
   
2. Has not been absent without permission on the last workday scheduled for him/her prior to the holiday and the first day scheduled for him/her after the said holiday.
   
   
3. Regular status employees who would otherwise qualify for Statutory Holiday pay except that they have suffered a lay off immediately following the observance of a Statutory Holiday as defined herein, shall be deemed to have been available in accordance with (ii) above and shall receive said pay on the next pay day providing a reasonable expectation of recall exists. In the event that recall is unlikely, payment shall be made in accordance with the Employment Standards Act.
   
   
4. All other employees shall be paid in accordance with Article 3.05.
   
   
5. Only approved sick leave, Short Term Disability, WCB, paid vacation and actual hours worked shall be considered as days worked.