Family day?

[dagibbs]

So, you federal employees on my flist -- do you get family day off, or not?

Note: it is February 16th.

Comments

[kattale.livejournal.com]

Not a government worker... (I wish!)
But to my knowlege, federal employees don't.
Provincial employees could get it *if* they don't already get Easter Monday or August Civic Holiday - if they get one of those, then they already met the new provincial "quota" of days.

Personally, I wrote it into my contract last year - along with Easter & August - I just give myself *everything* paid. :)

[zenten.livejournal.com]

I was under the impression that August Civic Holiday isn't *actually* a provincial holiday. It doesn't seem to be on the list for the Ontario labour board at least.

Anyway, don't tell my employer about all of this ;)

[kattale.livejournal.com]

It's not.
It's a optional extra one - so is Easter Monday.

Family Day is sort of optional too - for employers who only met the bare minimum of obligatory days, Family Day is one more mandatory Day. (I *think* it went from 8 mandatory days to 9) But for employers who already had a 9th day in August Civic or Easter Monday (or who had all 10), then it's optional - as long as they are giving their employees the new mandatory 9 days, it doesn't have to be Family Day. It depends on what is in their contract.

Mine goes to 11. :) Hey, what's an extra paid stat between self-employed people?

[kattale.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, this is only Ontario employers of which I speak.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

All my employers have always just either given me the time off or the time and a half + stat for all of them. So yes, don't start spreading that info around ;)

[ami-b.livejournal.com]

Alas, no. It's not in the collective agreements, therefore the feds do not get it. Those are long since past due to be renegotiated, though, so maybe this will change eventually.

[beable]

Not as such, but last year about half my office took it off as either family leave (if they had kids) or vacation.

When is it this year?

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

February 16th.

[green-ogre.livejournal.com]

Third monday of Feb.

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

Nope

[jagash.livejournal.com]

Hells no, I work in Quebec.

[bixkitty.livejournal.com]

Weird. I thought it was a stat holiday. *shrug* my work is closed that day, but I'm not gov't.

[ilanikhan.livejournal.com]

It's a Provincial Holiday, like Civic in August. Our Collective Agreement lists all the paid holidays we get, including Christmas and Boxing Day. I used to think it was automatic...[shrug]

From what I've heard, we're not likely to get it in the next Agreement either.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Provincial labour laws don't apply to federal employees (or for Ottawa bus drivers apparently).

family day

[i-and-t.livejournal.com]

yep, i do, as a hospital worker. Hospital is shut tight like a weekend.