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Qualified Employees can Be Full-time
Most workers who qualify are entitled to take these days off work and be paid public holiday pay.
Alternatively, the staff member can agree electronically or in writing to deal with the vacation and be paid:
– public vacation pay plus premium spend for all hours worked on the public holiday and not get another day off (called a “replacement” vacation);.
or.
– be paid their routine earnings for all hours worked on the public holiday and get another replacement vacation for which they must be paid public holiday pay.
Some workers may be needed to deal with a public vacation. (See “Special rules for particular industries” later on in this Chapter.) While most employees are eligible for the general public holiday entitlement, some employees operate in jobs that are not covered by the public holiday provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA). To identify whether a task is covered, or if special rules use, please describe the Guide to employment requirements unique guidelines and exemptions.
Use the Employment Standards Self-Service Tool to inspect compliance with public vacations and other employment requirements entitlements.
See “Public holiday pay” later on in this chapter.
Regular wages does not consist of any overtime pay, trip pay, public vacation pay, premium pay, domestic or sexual violence leave pay, termination pay, discontinuance wage or termination of project pay payable to a worker.
While some companies offer their staff members a vacation on Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, the 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 perform more than one sort of work for a company. A few of this work may be covered by the public vacation part of the ESA, while another type of work may be exempt from public vacation coverage.
If a staff member performs both type of work, exempt and covered, they are qualified for the general public vacation entitlement with regard to a specific public holiday if a minimum of half of the work performed in the work week of the general public vacation is work that is covered.
Rupert works for a taxi company as both a taxi taxi driver (work that is exempt from public holiday coverage) and a dispatcher (work that is covered by the public vacation part of the ESA). In the work week that Canada Day fell, a minimum of half of Rupert’s work was as a dispatcher. Because this work is covered by the public holiday part of the ESA, he is qualified for the public holiday privilege for Canada Day.
Qualifying for public vacation entitlements
Generally, workers certify for the general public holiday entitlement unless they:
– fail without sensible cause to work all of their last routinely arranged day of work before the general public vacation or all of their first routinely arranged day of work after the general public vacation (this is called the “Last and First Rule”);.
or.
– fail without affordable cause to work their entire shift on the general public vacation if they concurred to or were required to work that day.
Note: Most employees who stop working to receive the general public vacation privilege are still entitled to be paid superior pay for every hour they work on the vacation.
Qualified employees can be full-time, part time, permanent or on term contract. It does not matter how recently they were employed, or the number of days they worked before the public holiday.
The “last and first rule”
The “last routinely scheduled day of work before the general public holiday” and the “very first regularly scheduled day of work after the general public holiday” do not have to be the days right before and right after the vacation.
For instance, a staff member may not be scheduled to work the day right before or after the holiday. As long as the employee works all of their last frequently scheduled shift before the vacation and all of the first one after it, or has affordable cause for not working either of those days, they fulfill this certifying criterion.
Reasonable cause
A staff member is normally considered to have “affordable cause” for missing out on work when something beyond their control avoids the staff member from working. Employees are accountable for revealing that they had reasonable cause for keeping away from work. If they can do so, they still qualify for public holiday privileges.
How the last and first guideline works
Rosie’s regular work week runs from Monday to Thursday. A public vacation falls on a Monday, and Rosie’s workplace closes 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 a staff member takes a day of rest
A public vacation falls on a Monday, and Lev’s workplace closes down for that day. Lev routinely works Monday to Thursday. Lev has asked his employer for consent to take off the Thursday before the general public holiday due to the fact that he has an individual visit. His employer concurs. Lev’s last frequently arranged work day before the vacation is now thought about to be on the Wednesday.
If Lev works his whole Wednesday shift before the holiday and his whole Tuesday shift after the holiday, or has affordable cause for not working either of those days, he certifies for the paid public vacation.
Example: When an employee 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 wishes to leave at 3 p.m. on the Thursday before the public vacation. The company concurs. Doris’s regularly 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 stopping working to do so, she is entitled to the paid public vacation.
Example: When an employee is on holiday
Canada Day falls on July 1. George is on holiday from June 25 to July 9. If George works all of his last frequently scheduled shift before his holiday and first routinely set up shift after his getaway – on June 24 and July 10 – or has affordable cause for failing to do so, he will get approved for the paid public vacation.
Example: When a staff member is on a leave or layoff
Lydia is on pregnancy leave when the Canada Day holiday takes place. If Lydia works her last regularly scheduled day of work before her leave, and her first routinely set up day of work after her leave, or has sensible cause for failing to do so, she will be entitled to the paid public vacation.
Example: When there is no sensible cause
A falls on a Monday, and Ellen’s office is closed for the holiday. Ellen does not deal with her last scheduled day before the holiday, and she does not have reasonable cause for missing that day. She gets no spend for the holiday.
Public vacation pay
The quantity of public vacation pay to which an employee is entitled is all of the routine salaries made by the worker in the four work weeks before the work week with the public holiday plus all of the holiday pay payable to the staff member with regard to the 4 work weeks before the work week with the public holiday, divided by 20.
When to include holiday pay in the estimation of public vacation pay
The amount of vacation pay payable to include in the estimation of public holiday pay depends upon whether the worker is on holiday at any time throughout the four work weeks prior to the public vacation, and the way in which the worker is to be paid vacation pay. Please refer to the Vacation chapter for info on the various methods getaway pay can be paid.
Vacation pay payable
If the employee is to be paid their trip pay before they take a trip or on or before the pay day for the period in which the holiday falls, trip pay will be included in the calculation of public holiday pay if the worker was on vacation throughout that 4 work week period. If the employee was not on vacation throughout that duration, no holiday pay will be included in the estimation.
If the staff member is to be paid vacation pay with every pay cheque the quantity of trip pay to include in the calculation of public holiday pay will be at least four per cent of all of the worker’s salaries earned throughout the four work week duration. (Note that if a worker makes a higher percentage of getaway pay, such as 6 percent of incomes, then the “vacation pay payable” will be based upon that higher percentage.)
If a worker is to receive their holiday pay in a swelling sum on a particular date or dates, getaway pay will be consisted of in the calculation of public holiday pay just if that date or dates falls during the appropriate 4 work week period.
Calculating the four work week duration before the work week with a public vacation
The four weeks before the general public holiday is based on the company’s work week and is not necessarily 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 vacation pay are those four weeks counting in reverse from the very first Wednesday (the last day of the employer’s work week) before the work week in which the public holiday falls.
– Week 1: Thursday, November 22 – Wednesday, November 28
– Week 2: Thursday, 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 earnings made by the employee and the getaway pay payable to the staff member with respect to the 4 work weeks from November 22 to December 19 are utilized in the calculation of public holiday pay.
Calculating public holiday pay
Iryna works five days a week and earns $120 a day. She worked her last regularly set up work day before the public vacation and her very first routinely scheduled day after the vacation. She receives her getaway pay when her vacation is taken. She was not on holiday during the 4 work weeks leading up to the general public vacation.
1. Calculate Iryna’s total regular wages made:
$ 120 each day X 5 days = $600 weekly
$ 600 each week X 4 work weeks = $2,400.
Iryna made $2,400 of routine earnings in the four work weeks before the public holiday.
2. Calculate the quantity of trip pay payable with respect to the four work week duration:.
Iryna gets her holiday pay when she takes her vacation. Because she was not on getaway throughout the four work week duration, the amount of getaway pay payable with regard to the four work weeks before the general public holiday = $0.
3. Add together 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 vacation time is included
Brock works five days a week and earns $160 a day. He was on getaway for two of the 4 weeks before the general public vacation. He receives vacation pay before he takes his holiday. He is paid $1,600 trip pay for his two weeks of holiday. Brock worked his last routinely scheduled work day before the public holiday and his first routinely set up work day after the vacation.
1. Calculate Brock’s overall regular wages made:.
Brock worked 10 days.
$ 160 per day X 10 days = $1,600.
2. Calculate the amount of holiday pay:.
Brock was on holiday for two of the 4 work weeks prior to the work week with the general public holiday, and is paid trip pay before he takes his holiday. The amount of getaway pay payable with regard to the four work weeks prior to the work week with the public vacation = $1,600.
3. Total his total 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 vacation pay.
Example: When a worker works part-time and each pay cheque includes holiday pay
Tegan works three days a week and earns $120 a day. She worked her last frequently arranged work day before the general public vacation and her very first frequently arranged day after the holiday. She and her company have actually concurred in writing that she will receive 4 percent vacation pay on each paycheque.
1. Calculate Tegan’s routine salaries made:.
$ 120 per day X 3 days = $360 weekly.
$ 360 weekly X 4 weeks = $1,440.
2. Calculate her trip pay payable:.
$ 4.80 daily (4% of $120) X 3 days = $14.40 per week.
$ 14.40 each week X 4 weeks = $57.60.
3. Total her routine wages made and trip pay payable and divide the amount by 20:.
$ 1,440 + $57.60 = $1,497.60.
$ 1,497.60 ÷ 20 = $74.88.
Result: Tegan is entitled to $74.88 public holiday pay.
Example: When there are no set hours and each pay cheque consists of getaway pay
Bertie does not work a set variety of hours daily or days per week. Her pay differs from week to week, according to the time she has actually worked. She and her company have agreed in composing that she will receive four percent trip pay on each pay cheque.
1. Bertie’s routine earnings made during the 4 work weeks before the holiday are $1,500.
2. Calculate her trip pay payable:.
$ 1,500 X 4% = $60.
3. Combine her routine earnings earned and vacation pay payable and divide the amount by 20:.
$ 1,500 + $60 = $1,560.
$ 1,560 ÷ 20 = $78.
Result: Bertie is entitled to $78 public vacation pay.
Example: When an employee is on a leave
Zoe generally works five days a week, earning $120 a day. She receives getaway pay before she goes on trip. On June 10, she went on a 17-week pregnancy leave, followed by a 35-week parental leave.
During her leaves, she was not paid wages or vacation pay. She got maternity and adult gain from the federal Employment Insurance program, however these benefits are not thought about “salaries.”
Zoe is entitled to get public vacation spend for the public holidays that fall throughout her leave as long as she works her last regularly scheduled day before her leave and her first regularly set up day after her leave, or has sensible cause for stopping working to do so.
Zoe went on leave on June 10 and just worked 7 days throughout the 4 work weeks before the Canada Day public vacation. Her public holiday pay for Canada Day is:
– Regular wages made: $120 a day X 7 days = $840.
– Vacation pay payable: $0 (she was not on trip during the 4 work week duration).
– Public vacation pay: ($ 840 + $0) ÷ 20 = $42 public holiday pay.
Her public holiday pay for the rest of the public holidays that fall throughout her leave will be $0. This is since she will not have earned any wages or trip pay on any of the days during the 4 work weeks before each of those vacations.
Example: When a worker is on a layoff
Eugene typically works five days a week, making $100 a day. He was positioned on momentary layoff on November 15. During his layoff, Eugene was not paid salaries or vacation pay. He got employment insurance coverage advantages throughout this time, however these benefits are ruled out “incomes.”
Eugene was recalled to work on December 27. He is entitled to be paid public vacation pay for Christmas Day and Boxing Day as long as he works his last routinely scheduled day before the layoff and his very first routinely arranged day after the layoff, or has sensible cause for failing to do so.
However, due to the fact that Eugene did not earn any salaries or getaway pay in the four work weeks before those two public holidays, the amount of public holiday pay he is entitled to will be $0.
Premium pay
Premium pay is 1 1/2 times a worker’s regular rate of pay. If a worker is entitled to receive superior pay for work on a public vacation, they should be paid 1 1/2 times their routine rate of spend for each hour worked.
For instance, Nathan’s regular rate of pay is $20 an hour. This means that his premium pay will be $30.00 an hour ($ 20.00 X 1 1/2).
Substitute vacation
A replacement vacation is another working day of rest work that is designated to change a public vacation. Employees are entitled to be paid public vacation pay for a substitute vacation.
A substitute holiday must be set up for a day that is no later than three months after the general public vacation for which it was earned, or, if the employee has actually concurred electronically or in writing, the alternative day of rest can be arranged up to 12 months after the general public holiday.
If an employee gets a replacement holiday, the employer needs to provide the employee with a composed statement that sets out the general public vacation that is being substituted, the date of the substitute vacation, and the date that the statement was provided to the worker. This statement must be offered to the worker before the general public holiday.
Entitlements for public holidays
Entitlements for public vacations vary depending on such things as whether the vacation falls on a working day or a non-working day and whether the staff member deals with the holiday. The different privileges are set out listed below.
When a public vacation falls on a working day however the staff member does not work
Most staff members can get the public vacation off and get paid public vacation pay. (Some workers may be required to work on a public holiday. See “Special guidelines for particular markets” later on in this chapter.)
When a public vacation falls on a staff member’s non-working day or throughout an employee’s trip
When a public vacation falls on a day that is not ordinarily a working day for a worker, or during the worker’s vacation, the worker is entitled to either:
– an alternative holiday off with public vacation pay;.
or.
– public holiday pay for the general public vacation, if the staff member consents to this digitally or in writing (in this case, the worker will not be given an alternative day of rest).
When a worker who receives the day of rest has actually concurred digitally or in writing to work on a public vacation
Most employees can get the public vacation off and earn money public vacation pay. However, if a worker agrees digitally or in writing to work on the general public vacation, there are two alternatives:
– the staff member is entitled to get routine incomes for all hours worked on the public holiday, plus an alternative day of rest deal with public holiday pay;.
or.
– if the employee agrees electronically or in composing, they are entitled to public holiday spend for the general public vacation plus premium pay for all hours worked on the general public vacation. In this case, the employee will not be given a substitute day off.
Example: Calculating public vacation pay plus premium pay
A public vacation falls on among John-Duncan’s normal working days. He and his company have agreed digitally or in composing that he will deal with the general public vacation which, instead of getting a substitute holiday, he will be paid public vacation pay plus premium pay for all the hours he deals with the holiday.
John-Duncan frequently works 8 hours a day, five days a week. His routine per hour pay rate is $20. He has actually worked on all his scheduled work days in the four work weeks before the public vacation. He works eight hours on the general public vacation. He receives his trip pay when his getaway is taken. He was not on holiday throughout the four work weeks leading up to the general public holiday
Step 1: compute public vacation pay:
1. Calculate John-Duncan’s overall regular earnings made in the four work weeks before the general public vacation:
8 hours per day X $20 per hour = $160 per day
$ 160 per day X 5 days = $800 each week
$ 800 X 4 work weeks = $3,200.
John-Duncan made $3,200 in the four work weeks before the general public holiday.
2. Calculate the quantity of vacation pay payable with regard to the 4 work week duration:.
John-Duncan gets his holiday pay when he takes his getaway. Because he was not on vacation during the 4 work week period, the amount of vacation pay payable with regard to the 4 work weeks before the public holiday = $0.
3. Combine his overall incomes made and holiday pay and divide the amount by 20:.
$ 3,200 + $0 = $3,200.
$ 3,200 ÷ 20 = $160.
John-Duncan’s public holiday pay entitlement is $160.
Step 2: compute premium pay
Finally, the premium pay owing to John-Duncan for his deal with the general public vacation 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 entitlement is $240.
Result: John-Duncan is entitled to public holiday pay of $160 and superior pay of $240, for referall.us an overall of $400.
When a staff member agrees to deal with a public holiday but fails to do so
If a worker has concurred digitally or in composing to deal with the public vacation but does not do so – and does not have affordable cause for not having done so – the worker has no right to public holiday pay or to a substitute day off with pay.
However, if the worker has reasonable cause for not working the public vacation, then entitlements will depend on which of the two alternatives below the staff member chose in exchange for consenting to deal with the general public holiday:
– if the worker had concurred digitally or in composing to deal with the general public holiday for regular earnings plus an alternative day of rest with public holiday pay, the employee is entitled to an alternative day of rest work with public vacation pay;.
or.
– if the worker had actually concurred electronically or in composing to work on the public vacation for public vacation pay plus premium pay for each hour worked, they are entitled to be paid public vacation pay for the vacation. The staff member is not entitled to get any premium pay because they did not perform any work on the holiday.
When a worker works just some of the hours they consented to work on a public holiday
If a staff member has actually agreed digitally or in writing to deal with the public vacation however works only some of the hours they accepted work, and does not have sensible cause for stopping working to work all of the hours, the employee is only entitled to get exceptional spend for each hour worked on the vacation. The staff member has no right to public vacation pay or a substitute day off work.
Example: A typical case
Trudi had agreed in writing that she would work eight hours on Canada Day but she just worked four hours and did not have sensible cause for failing to work the other four hours. Trudi is entitled just to premium pay for the four hours she dealt with the holiday. She is not entitled to public vacation pay or to an alternative day off work.
However, if the employee has sensible cause for working just some of the hours they agreed to work on the general public vacation, then:
– the employee is entitled to their regular rate for all the hours worked plus a substitute day of rest deal 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 spend for each hour worked, they are entitled to be paid public holiday pay plus premium pay for every hour dealt with the holiday.
Special rules for particular industries
Special guidelines apply to employees who work in the following kinds of businesses:
– hotels, motels and traveler resorts;.
– restaurants and pubs;.
– medical facilities and nursing homes;.
– continuous 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 video games tables are open around the clock).
An employee who works in any of these companies can be needed to deal with a public vacation without their contract, however only if the holiday falls on a day that the employee would generally work and the worker is not on holiday.
If a staff member is needed to work, they are entitled to either:
– their regular rate for the hours worked on the general public vacation, plus a substitute day of rest deal with public holiday pay;.
or.
– public holiday pay plus premium pay for each hour worked.
The company picks which of these alternatives will apply.
Note that the company’s ability to require staff members to deal with a public holiday is subject to the worker’s right to take a day of rest for purposes of spiritual observance under the Ontario Human Rights Code, and to the regards to the staff member’s employment agreement. Note likewise that particular retail employees who work in continuous operations (for example, a 24-hour convenience store) deserve to refuse to work on a public holiday due to the fact that of the special guidelines that apply to some retail workers. See the “Retail workers” chapter of this guide for more details.
A staff member in the formerly noted businesses who is required to work on a public holiday that falls on their normal working day however fails to do so, with affordable cause, is entitled to:
– a replacement vacation with public holiday pay;.
or.
– public holiday pay for the holiday.
The employer picks which choice will apply.
An employee in any of these organizations who is required to work on a public vacation that falls on their common working day however who fails, with affordable cause, to work some of the hours they were needed to deal with the vacation is entitled to either:
– their routine rate for each hour worked on the holiday plus an alternative vacation with public holiday pay;.
or.
– public holiday pay for the holiday plus premium pay for each hour worked.
The company chooses which choice will use.
A staff member in any of these companies who is needed to work on a public holiday that falls on their common working day but who fails, without affordable cause, to work part or all of the general public vacation is just entitled to receive premium pay for each hour dealt with the holiday (if any). The staff member has no right to public holiday pay or a substitute day of rest work.
Overtime calculations when an employee receives exceptional pay
Any hours worked on a public holiday that are compensated with superior pay are not included when figuring out whether a staff member has worked any overtime hours.
If work ends
Sometimes an employee’s job concerns an end before the employee can take a replacement holiday with public vacation pay that they have actually earned. In this case, the employer needs to pay the employee’s public holiday pay at the very same time it pays the employee’s final earnings. This is so no matter the factor the job pertained to an end, whether it is since the worker quit, was fired for great factor, or for some other reason.