Bill 246 — Third Session, 18Th Legislature, 26 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 246 An Act To Am'End the Alberta Labour ,Act (Legislature 18, Session 3)

L18 S3 5850

Alberta — Bills

1977 Bill Third Session, 18th Legislature, 26 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO AM'END THE ALBERTA LABOUR ,ACT MR. NOTLEY First Reading Second Reading Third Reading ..................................................... Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Bill Mr. Notley BILL 246

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ALBE'RJ:A LABOUR ACT (Assented to , 1977) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Alberta Labour Ac,t is amended by this Act.

Section 37(

d) is repealed. 3. The following

section is added after

section 37: 37.1.

(1) When a general holiday falls on a day upon which an employee would not be required to work if it were not a general Iholiday the employee shall, subj ect to subsec tion (2), be entitled to a day off work with pay on a day that would normally be a working day, which may be before or after the general holiday.

(2) Where an ,employee is required to work on a day that would otherwise be a day off in lieu of a general holiday pursuant to subsection (1) he is entitled to be paid at not less than one and a half times his normal wages for the time worked on that day.

(3) Any agreement or contract of service that purports to deny an employee the benefit of subsection (1) or (2) is void in that regard.

(4) In any week in which a general holiday falls, and the employee does not work on that day, the employee shall be deemed to have worked the normal number of hours on that day for the purpose of establishing his entitlement to over time pay in that week. 4. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. Expla natory Notes 1. This Bill amends

chapter 33, 1973 Statutes. 2. 'Repeals

section 37(d). 3. Adds

section 37.1; day off with pay in lieu of public holiday falling at weekend. Title: 1977 (18th, 3rd) Bill 246,

An Act to Amend the Alberta Labour Act

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