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Leave without pay and holiday pay. If you are absent from work, on leave without pay for the full day immediately before and after a statutory holiday, you will not be entitled to be paid for the holiday.
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1. Annual vacation entitlement 2. Defining year of employment 3. Timing of annual vacation 4. Calculating annual vacation pay 5. Defining wages 6. Waiving, postponing or splitting annual vacation 7. Postponing or interrupting annual vacation to take another leave 8. Annual vacation pay during a leave of absence 9. End of employment entitlement
Annual vacation entitlement
As an employee working for a federally regulated employer, you are entitled to at least: 1. 2 weeks of vacation annually after you have completed 1 year of employment with the same employer 2. 3 weeks of vacation annually after you have completed 5 consecutive years of employment with the same employer, and 3. 4 weeks of vacation annually after you have completed 10 consecutive years of employment with the same employer Your employer may pay you vacation pay within 14 days before your vacatio...
Defining year of employment
A “year of employment” means continuous employment for the same employer for a period of: 1. 12 consecutive months beginning with the date that your employer hired you, or 2. 12 consecutive months beginning on any anniversary of the date your employer hired you, or 3. a calendar year or another period of 12 consecutive months that your employer determines in accordance with the Canada Labour Standards Regulations Defining the “year of employment” is important because you must complete it befo...
In this section
1. General holiday entitlement 2. When a general holiday falls on a non-working day 3. Substituting a general holiday for another day 4. Calculating general holiday pay 5. General holiday pay for part-time employees 6. Paying employees required to work on a general holiday 7. General holiday pay when on leave provided for under the Code 8. Continuous operation 9. Paying employees of continuous operations required to work on a general holiday
General holiday entitlement
As an employee working for a federally regulated employer, you are entitled to a day off with pay for the following 10 days, which are called general holidays: 1. New Year’s Day 2. Good Friday 3. Victoria Day 4. Canada Day 5. Labour Day 6. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 7. Thanksgiving Day 8. Remembrance Day 9. Christmas Day 10. Boxing Day
When a general holiday falls on a non-working day
In the event that the following general holidays: 1. New Year's Day 2. Canada Day 3. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 4. Remembrance Day 5. Christmas Day, or 6. Boxing Day fall on a Saturday or Sunday that is a not a scheduled work day, you are entitled to a holiday with pay on the scheduled work day immediately before or after the general holiday. If 1 of the other general holidays, not listed directly above, falls on a non-work day, then a holiday with pay may be added to your annu...
Canada Labour Code, Part III, Division V, General HolidaysCanada Labour Code, Part III, Division IV, Annual Vacations2021 is not a leap year. Most school boards in 2021 will start the schoolyear on September 7, a day after Labour Day. Daylight saving time in 2021 starts on Sunday, March 14 and ends on Sunday, November 7.
Canada Leave Laws & Holidays. Table Of Contents. Paid Time Off (PTO) in Canada. Vacation Leave Quota. 2 weeks (10 working days) after 1 year of employment for the same employer. Employees (both full-time and part-time) are entitled to 2 weeks (10 working days) * of PTO for each completed year of employment.
Apr 6, 2021 · The only stipulation is that employment standards require employer-scheduled vacation time to be of a minimum length (usually one week), so that the employer cannot “sprinkle” single-days of vacation throughout the year to satisfy the entitlement.
Ontario has nine public holidays: New Year's Day. Family Day. Good Friday. Victoria Day. Canada Day. Labour Day. Thanksgiving Day. Christmas Day. Boxing Day (December 26) Most employees who qualify are entitled to take these days off work and be paid public holiday pay.
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Employees will submit their annual leave requests for the summer leave period on or before April 15, and on or before September 15 for the winter leave period. The Employer will respond to such requests no later than May 1, for the summer leave period and no later than October 1, for the winter holiday season leave period.
