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Qualified Employees can Be Full-time

Most workers who certify are entitled to take nowadays off work and be paid public vacation pay.

Alternatively, the worker can concur digitally or in writing to deal with the vacation and be paid:

– public vacation pay plus premium spend for all hours dealt with the public holiday and not get another day of rest (called a “substitute” holiday);.
or.

– be paid their regular earnings for all hours worked on the general public holiday and receive another replacement vacation for which they need to be paid public vacation pay.

Some staff members might be required to work on a public vacation. (See “Special guidelines for certain markets” later on in this Chapter.) While a lot of workers are qualified for the public holiday entitlement, some workers operate in jobs that are not covered by the public holiday provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA). To determine whether a task is covered, or if unique guidelines apply, please describe the Guide to employment requirements special rules and exemptions.

Use the Employment Standards Self-Service Tool to check compliance with public vacations and other employment standards entitlements.

See “Public holiday pay” later in this chapter.

Regular wages does not consist of any overtime pay, holiday pay, public vacation pay, premium pay, domestic or sexual violence leave pay, termination pay, discontinuance wage or termination of assignment pay payable to a staff member.

While some companies give their workers a vacation on Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, the very first Monday in August, or Remembrance Day, the employer is not required to do so under the ESA.

Performing both covered and exempt work

Some employees carry out more than one type of work for a company. Some of this work may be covered by the public vacation part of the ESA, while another sort of work may be exempt from public vacation coverage.

If an employee performs both kinds of work, exempt and covered, they are eligible for the public vacation entitlement with regard to a particular public holiday if at least half of the work performed in the work week of the general public vacation is work that is covered.

Rupert works for a taxi business as both a taxi cab driver (work that is exempt from public holiday coverage) and a dispatcher (work that is covered by the public holiday part of the ESA). In the work week that Canada Day fell, at least half of Rupert’s work was as a dispatcher. Because this work is covered by the public vacation part of the ESA, he is qualified for the general public holiday privilege for Canada Day.

Qualifying for public vacation privileges

Generally, employees receive the general public vacation privilege unless they:

– fail without affordable cause to work all of their last routinely set up day of work before the public vacation or all of their first frequently arranged day of work after the public holiday (this is called the “Last and First Rule”);.
or.

– stop working without reasonable cause to work their whole shift on the general public vacation if they accepted or were needed to work that day.

Note: Most employees who fail to get approved for the public vacation privilege are still entitled to be paid superior pay for every hour they deal with the holiday.

Qualified staff members can be full-time, part-time, long-term or on term agreement. It does not matter how recently they were employed, or how numerous days they worked before the public holiday.

The “last and first guideline”

The “last frequently arranged day of work before the public holiday” and the “very first frequently scheduled day of work after the general public holiday” do not need to be the days right before and right after the vacation.

For example, a worker might not be set up to work the day right before or after the vacation. As long as the worker works all of their last frequently set up shift before the holiday and all of the first one after it, or has affordable cause for not working either of those days, employment they meet this qualifying criterion.

Reasonable cause

A staff member is generally considered to have “affordable cause” for missing out on work when something beyond their control prevents the employee from working. Employees are accountable for revealing that they had affordable cause for remaining away from work. If they can do so, they still qualify for public vacation privileges.

How the last and first guideline works

Rosie’s routine work week ranges from Monday to Thursday. A public vacation falls on a Monday, and Rosie’s office shuts down for that day. If Rosie works the entire shift on the Thursday before the vacation and the Tuesday after the vacation, or has sensible cause for failing to work either of those days, she certifies to be paid for the holiday.

Example: When an employee takes a day of rest

A public holiday falls on a Monday, and Lev’s workplace shuts down for that day. Lev frequently works Monday to Thursday. Lev has actually asked his company for permission to take off the Thursday before the public holiday due to the fact that he has an individual consultation. His company concurs. Lev’s last frequently arranged work day before the holiday is now thought about to be on the Wednesday.

If Lev works his whole Wednesday shift before the holiday and his entire Tuesday shift after the vacation, or has affordable cause for not working either of those days, he gets approved for the paid public holiday.

Example: When a worker leaves early

A public vacation falls on a Friday, and Doris’s work environment is closed for the holiday. Doris normally works from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. However, she wants to leave at 3 p.m. on the Thursday before the general public holiday. The company agrees. Doris’s routinely set up shift on the Thursday before the public vacation is now thought about to be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

. If Doris works from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the following Monday, or has reasonable cause for failing to do so, she is entitled to the paid public vacation.

Example: When a worker is on holiday

Canada Day falls on July 1. George is on getaway from June 25 to July 9. If George works all of his last frequently arranged shift before his holiday and very first regularly scheduled shift after his vacation – on June 24 and July 10 – or has reasonable cause for failing to do so, he will qualify for the paid public holiday.

Example: When a staff member is on a leave or layoff

Lydia is on pregnancy leave when the Canada Day vacation takes place. If Lydia works her last regularly set up day of work before her leave, and her very first frequently scheduled day of work after her leave, or employment has affordable cause for stopping working to do so, she will be entitled to the paid public vacation.

Example: When there is no sensible cause

A public vacation falls on a Monday, and Ellen’s work environment is closed for the vacation. Ellen does not deal with her last scheduled day before the holiday, and she does not have affordable cause for missing that day. She gets no pay for the holiday.

Public holiday pay

The quantity of public vacation pay to which an employee is entitled is all of the routine incomes made by the employee in the four work weeks before the work week with the general public holiday plus all of the getaway pay payable to the employee with regard to the 4 work weeks before the work week with the general public holiday, divided by 20.

When to consist of vacation pay in the computation of public holiday pay

The amount of holiday pay payable to include in the calculation of public vacation pay depends on whether the worker is on getaway at any time throughout the four work weeks prior to the general public holiday, and the way in which the worker is to be paid getaway pay. Please describe the Vacation chapter for details on the various ways vacation pay can be paid.

Vacation pay payable

If the worker is to be paid their getaway pay before they take a holiday or on or before the pay day for the duration in which the trip falls, getaway pay will be included in the computation of public vacation pay if the worker was on holiday throughout that 4 work week duration. If the worker was not on vacation during that duration, employment no trip pay will be consisted of in the calculation.

If the employee is to be paid holiday pay with every pay cheque the amount of trip pay to include in the calculation of public holiday pay will be at least four percent of all of the staff member’s earnings earned during the 4 work week period. (Note that if an employee earns a higher portion of trip pay, such as six percent of salaries, then the “vacation pay payable” will be based upon that greater percentage.)

If a staff member is to receive their getaway pay in a lump sum on a particular date or dates, holiday pay will be consisted of in the estimation of public holiday pay just if that date or dates falls throughout the appropriate 4 work week duration.

Calculating the four work week duration before the work week with a public vacation

The 4 weeks before the general public holiday is based on the company’s work week and is not always a calendar week.

Example:

Christmas Day falls on a Tuesday. Suppose that an employer’s work week ranges from Thursday to Wednesday. In this case, the four work weeks utilized to calculate public holiday pay are those 4 weeks counting backwards from the very first Wednesday (the last day of the company’s work week) before the work week in which the public vacation falls.

– Week 1: Thursday, November 22 – Wednesday, November 28

– Week 2: Thursday, employment November 29 – Wednesday, December 5

– Week 3: Thursday, December 6 – Wednesday, December 12

– Week 4: Thursday, December 13 – Wednesday, December 19

Public holiday: Tuesday, December 25

In this example, the regular wages earned by the worker and the holiday pay payable to the worker with respect to the 4 work weeks from November 22 to December 19 are used in the computation of public vacation pay.

Calculating public vacation pay

Iryna works 5 days a week and earns $120 a day. She worked her last frequently set up work day before the public vacation and her very first routinely scheduled day after the holiday. She gets her holiday pay when her vacation is taken. She was not on trip during the 4 work weeks leading up to the public vacation.

1. Calculate Iryna’s total regular earnings made:
$ 120 per day X 5 days = $600 weekly
$ 600 per week X 4 work weeks = $2,400.
Iryna earned $2,400 of regular incomes in the four work weeks before the public holiday.

2. Calculate the quantity of holiday pay payable with regard to the 4 work week period:.
Iryna gets her trip pay when she takes her vacation. Because she was not on vacation during the 4 work week period, the amount of holiday pay payable with respect to the four work weeks before the general public holiday = $0.

3. Total her total salaries earned and vacation pay payable and divide the sum by 20:.
$ 2,400 + $0 = $2,400.
$ 2,400 ÷ 20 = $120.

Result: Iryna is entitled to $120 public vacation pay.

Example: When getaway time is involved

Brock works 5 days a week and makes $160 a day. He was on holiday for two of the 4 weeks before the general public vacation. He gets vacation pay before he takes his getaway. He is paid $1,600 vacation spend for his 2 weeks of trip. Brock worked his last regularly scheduled work day before the public holiday and his very first regularly set up work day after the vacation.

1. Calculate Brock’s overall regular earnings made:.
Brock worked 10 days.
$ 160 per day X 10 days = $1,600.

2. Calculate the quantity of holiday pay:.
Brock was on getaway for two of the 4 work weeks prior to the work week with the general public vacation, and is paid trip pay before he takes his vacation. The quantity of trip pay payable with respect to the four work weeks prior to the work week with the general public holiday = $1,600.

3. Total his overall incomes made and getaway payable and divide the sum by 20:.
$ 1,600 + $1,600 = $3,200.
$ 3,200 ÷ 20 = $160.

Result: Brock is entitled to $160 public holiday pay.

Example: When a staff member works part-time and each pay cheque consists of vacation pay

Tegan works three days a week and makes $120 a day. She worked her last regularly set up work day before the public vacation and her very first frequently scheduled day after the vacation. She and her company have agreed in composing that she will receive 4 percent getaway pay on each paycheque.

1. Calculate Tegan’s regular wages made:.
$ 120 per day X 3 days = $360 weekly.
$ 360 each week X 4 weeks = $1,440.

2. Calculate her holiday pay payable:.
$ 4.80 per day (4% of $120) X 3 days = $14.40 weekly.
$ 14.40 each week X 4 weeks = $57.60.

3. Combine her regular incomes earned and trip pay payable and divide the sum by 20:.
$ 1,440 + $57.60 = $1,497.60.
$ 1,497.60 ÷ 20 = $74.88.

Result: Tegan is entitled to $74.88 public vacation pay.

Example: When there are no set hours and each pay cheque includes holiday pay

Bertie does not work a set number of hours daily or days each week. Her pay differs from week to week, according to the time she has worked. She and her employer have concurred in composing that she will receive four percent vacation pay on each pay cheque.

1. Bertie’s routine earnings made during the 4 work weeks before the vacation are $1,500.

2. Calculate her holiday pay payable:.
$ 1,500 X 4% = $60.

3. Total her regular incomes earned and getaway pay payable and divide the sum by 20:.
$ 1,500 + $60 = $1,560.
$ 1,560 ÷ 20 = $78.

Result: Bertie is entitled to $78 public holiday pay.

Example: When a worker is on a leave

Zoe typically works 5 days a week, making $120 a day. She receives holiday pay before she goes on trip. On June 10, she went on a 17-week pregnancy leave, followed by a 35-week adult leave.

During her leaves, she was not paid salaries or holiday pay. She got maternity and adult gain from the federal Employment Insurance program, but these benefits are ruled out “salaries.”

Zoe is entitled to get public vacation pay for the public holidays that fall during her leave as long as she works her last routinely scheduled day before her leave and her first frequently arranged day after her leave, or has sensible cause for failing to do so.

Zoe went on leave on June 10 and just worked seven days during the 4 work weeks before the Canada Day public holiday. Her public holiday spend for Canada Day is:

– Regular wages earned: $120 a day X 7 days = $840.

– Vacation pay payable: $0 (she was not on vacation throughout the four work week period).

– Public vacation pay: ($ 840 + $0) ÷ 20 = $42 public vacation pay.

Her public holiday spend for the rest of the public holidays that fall during her leave will be $0. This is since she will not have made any earnings or holiday pay on any of the days during the four work weeks before each of those holidays.

Example: When a staff member is on a layoff

Eugene typically works five days a week, making $100 a day. He was put on temporary layoff on November 15. During his layoff, Eugene was not paid wages or vacation pay. He got work insurance benefits throughout this time, however these advantages are not considered “incomes.”

Eugene was remembered to deal with December 27. He is entitled to be paid public vacation pay for Christmas Day and Boxing Day as long as he works his last frequently arranged day before the layoff and his very first regularly scheduled day after the layoff, or has reasonable cause for stopping working to do so.

However, because Eugene did not earn any salaries or holiday pay in the four work weeks before those 2 public vacations, the amount of public vacation pay he is entitled to will be $0.

Premium pay

Premium pay is 1 1/2 times a worker’s routine rate of pay. If an employee is entitled to receive superior pay for work on a public holiday, they must be paid 1 1/2 times their routine rate of pay for each hour worked.

For example, Nathan’s regular rate of pay is $20 an hour. This implies that his premium pay will be $30.00 an hour ($ 20.00 X 1 1/2).

Substitute holiday

An alternative holiday is another working day off work that is designated to change a public holiday. Employees are entitled to be paid public vacation pay for a substitute vacation.

A replacement holiday must be scheduled for a day that is no behind 3 months after the public vacation for which it was earned, or, if the employee has agreed digitally or in writing, the alternative day of rest can be scheduled approximately 12 months after the general public holiday.

If a staff member receives a substitute holiday, the company needs to supply the staff member with a written declaration that sets out the public holiday that is being replaced, the date of the replacement holiday, and the date that the declaration was offered to the staff member. This statement should be supplied to the employee before the public vacation.

Entitlements for public holidays

Entitlements for public vacations vary depending upon such things as whether the holiday falls on a working day or a non-working day and whether the employee works on the vacation. The different entitlements are set out listed below.

When a public vacation falls on a working day but the staff member does not work

Most staff members deserve to get the public holiday off and earn money public vacation pay. (Some staff members might be required to work on a public holiday. See “Special guidelines for specific markets” later on in this chapter.)

When a public vacation falls on a worker’s non-working day or during a worker’s getaway

When a public vacation falls on a day that is not generally a working day for a worker, or employment throughout the worker’s holiday, the staff member is entitled to either:

– an alternative vacation off with public holiday pay;.
or.

– public holiday spend for the public vacation, if the employee agrees to this electronically or in writing (in this case, employment the employee will not be offered a substitute day of rest).

When a worker who receives the day off has actually concurred digitally or in composing to deal with a public holiday

Most employees have the right to get the general public vacation off and get paid public vacation pay. However, if an employee agrees electronically or in writing to work on the public holiday, there are 2 alternatives:

– the employee is entitled to get routine wages for all hours dealt with the general public vacation, plus an alternative day off work with public holiday pay;.
or.

– if the employee concurs electronically or in writing, they are entitled to public holiday spend for the general public vacation plus premium pay for all hours dealt with the public vacation. In this case, the worker will not be given an alternative day of rest.

Example: Calculating public vacation pay plus premium pay

A public vacation falls on one of John-Duncan’s regular working days. He and his company have concurred digitally or in composing that he will deal with the general public holiday which, rather of getting a replacement vacation, he will be paid public vacation pay plus premium spend for all the hours he deals with the vacation.

John-Duncan frequently works 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. His regular hourly pay rate is $20. He has dealt with all his scheduled work days in the 4 work weeks before the general public vacation. He works eight hours on the general public holiday. He gets his holiday pay when his trip is taken. He was not on getaway throughout the four work weeks leading up to the public holiday

Step 1: determine public holiday pay:

1. Calculate John-Duncan’s total routine wages made in the 4 work weeks before the general public holiday:
8 hours per day X $20 per hour = $160 per day
$ 160 daily X 5 days = $800 per week
$ 800 X 4 work weeks = $3,200.
John-Duncan earned $3,200 in the 4 work weeks before the public holiday.

2. Calculate the amount of vacation pay payable with regard to the four work week period:.
John-Duncan receives his vacation pay when he takes his getaway. Because he was not on holiday throughout the 4 work week duration, the quantity of trip pay payable with respect to the 4 work weeks before the general public holiday = $0.

3. Total his total wages made and trip pay and divide the amount by 20:.
$ 3,200 + $0 = $3,200.
$ 3,200 ÷ 20 = $160.

John-Duncan’s public holiday pay privilege is $160.

Step 2: calculate premium pay

Finally, the premium pay owing to John-Duncan for his work on the public holiday is computed:.
$ 20 per hour X 1 1/2 = $30.00.
$ 30.00 per hour X 8 hours worked = $240

John-Duncan’s premium pay privilege is $240.

Result: John-Duncan is entitled to public vacation pay of $160 and exceptional pay of $240, for a total of $400.

When an employee accepts deal with a public holiday but fails to do so

If a worker has concurred digitally or in writing to work on the public holiday but does refrain from doing so – and does not have reasonable cause for not having actually done so – the employee has no right to public vacation pay or to a substitute day of rest with pay.

However, if the employee has affordable cause for not working the general public holiday, then privileges will depend upon which of the 2 alternatives listed below the staff member picked in exchange for consenting to deal with the public vacation:

– if the staff member had agreed electronically or in composing to deal with the general public holiday for regular earnings plus a substitute day off with public vacation pay, the staff member is entitled to an alternative day off work with public holiday pay;.
or.

– if the employee had agreed digitally or in writing to work on the general public vacation for public vacation pay plus premium spend for each hour worked, they are entitled to be paid public holiday pay for the holiday. The worker is not to receive any exceptional pay due to the fact that they did not perform any deal with the holiday.

When an employee works just a few of the hours they consented to deal with a public vacation

If a staff member has concurred digitally or in composing to deal with the general public holiday but works just some of the hours they concurred to work, and does not have sensible cause for stopping working to work all of the hours, the employee is just entitled to receive premium spend for each hour dealt with the vacation. The worker has no right to public holiday pay or a substitute day off work.

Example: A typical case

Trudi had actually agreed in writing that she would work 8 hours on Canada Day but she only worked 4 hours and did not have reasonable cause for stopping working to work the other four hours. Trudi is entitled just to premium pay for the 4 hours she dealt with the vacation. She is not entitled to public holiday pay or to an alternative day off work.

However, if the employee has sensible cause for working just some of the hours they accepted deal with the public vacation, then:

– the staff member is entitled to their regular rate for all the hours worked plus a substitute day of rest work with public holiday pay;.
or.

– if the employee had concurred electronically or in writing to work on the general public holiday for public vacation pay plus premium pay for each hour worked, they are entitled to be paid public vacation pay plus premium pay for every hour worked on the holiday.

Special rules for specific markets

Special guidelines use to workers who work in the following kinds of organizations:

– hotels, motels and traveler resorts;.

– dining establishments and pubs;.

– healthcare facilities and nursing homes;.

– constant operations (which are operations, or parts of operations, that do not stop or close more than when a week – such as an oil refinery, alarm-monitoring business or the video games part of a casino if the games tables are open all the time).

An employee who operates in any of these services can be needed to work on a public vacation without their arrangement, however just if the holiday falls on a day that the staff member would usually work and the employee is not on trip.

If a staff member is needed to work, employment they are entitled to either:

– their regular rate for the hours dealt with the general public vacation, plus a substitute day off deal with public holiday pay;.
or.

– public holiday pay plus premium pay for each hour worked.

The company picks which of these options will use.

Note that the employer’s ability to need employees to deal with a public vacation undergoes the worker’s right to take a day off for functions of religious observance under the Ontario Human Rights Code, and to the regards to the employee’s work contract. Note also that certain retail employees who operate in constant operations (for instance, a 24-hour corner store) have the right to decline to work on a public holiday because of the unique guidelines that use to some retail employees. See the “Retail employees” chapter of this guide for additional information.

A staff member in the previously noted businesses who is required to deal with a public vacation that falls on their ordinary working day but fails to do so, with reasonable cause, is entitled to:

– a replacement holiday with public holiday pay;.
or.

– public holiday pay for the holiday.

The company selects which choice will apply.

An employee in any of these companies who is required to deal with a public vacation that falls on their common working day but who fails, with sensible cause, to work a few of the hours they were needed to deal with the vacation is entitled to either:

– their routine rate for each hour worked on the vacation plus a substitute holiday with public vacation pay;.
or.

– public vacation spend for the holiday plus premium pay for each hour worked.

The employer selects which alternative will apply.

An employee in any of these businesses who is required to work on a public vacation that falls on their common working day however who fails, without reasonable cause, to work part or all of the public vacation is only entitled to get exceptional pay for each hour dealt with the vacation (if any). The worker has no right to public vacation pay or a substitute day of rest work.

Overtime computations when a worker gets exceptional pay

Any hours worked on a public vacation that are compensated with premium pay are not included when determining whether a worker has actually worked any overtime hours.

If employment ends

Sometimes a staff member’s task concerns an end before the staff member can take an alternative holiday with public holiday pay that they have actually earned. In this case, the employer must pay the worker’s public holiday pay at the very same time it pays the employee’s final salaries. This is so despite the factor the task concerned an end, whether it is since the staff member quit, was fired for excellent factor, or for some other reason.