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Version of section 195 from 2003-01-01 to 2019-08-31:


Marginal note:Substituted holidays

  •  (1) An employer may, in respect of employees subject to a collective agreement, substitute any other holiday for a general holiday if the substitution is agreed to in writing by the employer and the trade union, and the substituted holiday shall, for those employees, be deemed to be a general holiday for the purposes of this Part.

  • Marginal note:Idem

    (2) Subject to subsection (3), an employer may, in respect of employees not subject to a collective agreement, substitute any other holiday for a general holiday if the substitution has been approved by at least seventy per cent of the affected employees, and the substituted holiday shall, for those employees, be deemed to be a general holiday for the purposes of this Part.

  • Marginal note:Posting of notice

    (3) Where any other holiday is to be substituted for a general holiday pursuant to subsection (2), the employer shall post a notice of the substitution in readily accessible places where it is likely to be seen by the affected employees, for at least thirty days before the substitution takes effect.

  • R.S., 1985, c. L-2, s. 195
  • 1993, c. 42, s. 21

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