Bill 241 — First Session, 21St Legislature, 35 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 241 Religious and Ethnic Holidays Act (Legislature 21, Session 1)

L21 S1 3278

Alberta — Bills

1986 BILL 241 First Session, 21st Legislature, 35 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 241 RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC HOLIDAYS ACT MS. BARRETT First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent

Bill 241 Ms. Barrett BILL 241 1986 RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC HOLIDAYS ACT (Assented to , 1986) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Employment Standards Act is amended by this Act. 2 The following is added afier

section 50: 50.1(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, an employee may, on one month's written notice to his employer, designate any day that would otherwise be a normal working day, to be a special holiday for him.

(2) An employee may designate as a special holiday only a day that is of substantial importance either to his religion or ethnic culture and which is normally observed by members of his religion or ethnic culture as a day of abstention from work, in a jurisdiction where members of the religion or ethnic culture form the majority of the population.

(3) If an employee designates and takes a special holiday, the employer may either (

a) deduct from the employee's earnings an amount equivalent to the employee's earnings for a normal work ing day, in respect of the special holiday, or (

b) require the employee to work a number of extra hours equal to the number of hours taken as a special holiday.

(4) In the event of a dispute arising between an employer and an employee concerning 1

Explanatory Notes 1 This Bill will amend

chapter E-10.1 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2 Provides a right for an employee to take extra traditional religious or ethnic holidays without pay based on his own religious or ethnic background.

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a) the designation of a holiday by the employee pursuant to subsection (1), (

b) the amount of money deducted by an employer from an employee's earnings pursuant to subsection (3)(a), or (

c) the amount of or scheduling of additional work assigned by an employer to employee pursuant to sub section (3)(b), any party to the dispute may cause the dispute to be referred to the Labour Relations Board for adjudication. In accordance with

section 4(1) of the

Interpretation Act, this Bill comes into force on the date it receives Royal Assent.

Title: 1986 (21st, 1st) Bill 241, Religious and Ethnic Holidays Act

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