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REPORT
Report To: Finance & Corporate Services Committee)
Date of Meeting: January 28, 2008
Submitted By: Doug Paterson
Prepared By: Doug Paterson
Wards}Involved: N/A
Date of Report: January 3, 2008
Report No.: CAO-08-002
Subject: Family Day
RECOMMENDATION:
That Human Resources Policy 11-25, Specified Holidays, be amended by the addition
of Family Day, the third Monday in February.
REPORT:
The minutes of the January 14, 2008 Council meeting contained the following:
At the request of Mayor Zehr, Ms. C. Ladd, Chief Administrator, agreed to report to the
January 28, 2008 Finance and Corporate Services Committee in respect to policy
changes required to make provision for the new Provincial statutory holiday on February
18, known as "Family Day".
This report is in response to that request.
The newly elected Provincial government announced the creation of a new statutory holiday
which created an amendment to the Employment Standards Act. (E.S.A.)
Technically, the amendment to the E.S.A. does not directly confer the benefit to all City staff. It
can be that some employers may defer the matter of the additional holiday to collective
bargaining process upon expiry of collective agreements.
An insistence by the City to bargain the benefit seems very much at odds with the intended spirit
of the new holiday. Therefore, staff are recommending that in the interests of fairness and
equity for our various unionized and non-union groups, that the holiday take effect for all groups,
effective February 18, 2008.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The estimate of additional direct costs and lost revenue due to the introduction of Family Day is
approximately $100,000 per year. It should be noted that this figure does not include the value
of lost productivity due to one less staff working day, nor does it take into account increased
overtime costs should the holiday coincide with a winter storm event.
Doug Paterson
Director of Human Resources