Bill 28 (Legislature 5, Session 4)

L5 S4 9424

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 28 of 1924.

An Act respecting the Hours of Labor of Employees of Permanent Fire Departments. (Assented to , 1924). H IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "Thc Firc Dcpwrtment's HOUTS of Labor Act." 2.

Where in any city, town or village there is a permanent fire department the officers and employees of which are regu larly employed and paid by the municipal corporation, every officer and employee of such department shall be oft' duty for one full day of twenty-four hours in every calendar week, but where what is known as "double-platoon system" is in operation in any such fire department the twenty-four h.ours release at the change of platoons shall not be regarded as a day off for the purposes of this section. 3.

The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwith standing any regulation or by-law of a municipal corpora tion relating to a fire department. 4. Every Fire Chief, Superintendent, director or officer of every such fire department who requires or requests an employee of the department to be on duty in violation of the provisions 'of

section shall incur a penalty of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. 5. No deduction shall be made from the payor the holi days of the officers or employees of the fire department in any municipality by reason only of the application of this Act to the municipality. 6.

Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, in case of a conflagration for the control of which the attend ance of all omcers and employees of the fire department is, in the opinion of the Fire Chief or officer in charge of the fire department, necessary, he may require the attendance of all the officers and employees for work during the con tinuance of the confiagration. 7. The penalties provided by this Act shall be recoverable under The AlbertCL

Summary Convictions Act. . 8. This Act shall come into force and take effect on and after the No. 28. FOURTH SESSION FIFTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act respecting the Hours of Labor of Employees of Permanent Fire Departments. Received and read the First time .................. . Second time ................ . Third time. . . .. .. . ...... . MR. McKEEN. EDMONTON: J. W. JEFFERY. K",c's PRINTER A.D. 1924 Title: 1924 (5th, 4th) Bill 28,

An Act respecting the Hours of Labor of Employees of Permanent Fire Departments

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L5 S4 9424
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L5 S4 9424
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	af661205d65d788351969f46818e4955df2c9c05

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