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Qualified Employees can Be Full-time


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

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

- public vacation pay plus premium spend for all hours dealt with the general public vacation and not get another day of rest (called a "substitute" holiday);. or.
- be paid their regular salaries for all hours dealt with the general public vacation and receive another replacement vacation for which they should be paid public holiday pay.
Some workers may be required to deal with a public holiday. (See "Special guidelines for specific markets" later in this Chapter.) While a lot of staff members are eligible for the public vacation privilege, some staff members work 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 unique rules apply, please describe the Guide to work standards unique rules and exemptions.

Use the Employment Standards Self-Service Tool to examine compliance with public vacations and other work standards privileges.

See "Public holiday pay" later in this chapter.

Regular earnings does not include any overtime pay, getaway pay, public vacation pay, premium pay, domestic or sexual violence leave pay, termination pay, severance pay or termination of task pay payable to a staff member.

While some employers provide their workers a vacation on Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, the first Monday in August, or Remembrance Day, the employer is not needed to do so under the ESA.

Performing both covered and exempt work

Some employees perform more than one type of work for a company. A few of this work might be covered by the public vacation part of the ESA, while another type of work might be exempt from public vacation coverage.

If a worker performs both type of work, exempt and covered, they are eligible for the public vacation privilege with regard to a specific public vacation if at least half of the work performed in the work week of the 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 protection) and a dispatcher (work that is covered by the public vacation 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 vacation entitlement for Canada Day.

Qualifying for public holiday entitlements

Generally, workers get approved for the general public vacation privilege unless they:

- stop working without affordable cause to work all of their last frequently scheduled day of work before the general public vacation or all of their first routinely set up day of work after the general public holiday (this is called the "Last and First Rule");. or.
- fail without sensible cause to work their entire shift on the general public vacation if they accepted or were required to work that day.
Note: Most workers who stop working to get approved for the public holiday privilege are still entitled to be paid superior pay for every hour they deal with the holiday.

Qualified employees can be full time, part time, permanent or on term agreement. It does not matter how recently they were hired, or the number of days they worked before the general public holiday.

The "last and very first rule"

The "last routinely arranged day of work before the general public vacation" and the "very first routinely set up day of work after the public holiday" do not have to be the days right previously and right after the holiday.

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 arranged shift before the vacation and all of the first one after it, or has sensible cause for not working either of those days, they fulfill this certifying requirement.

Reasonable cause

A worker is usually thought about to have "affordable cause" for missing out on work when something beyond their control avoids the employee from working. Employees are accountable for revealing that they had sensible cause for keeping away from work. If they can do so, they still qualify for public vacation privileges.

How the last and very first guideline works

Rosie's routine work week ranges from Monday to Thursday. A public holiday falls on a Monday, and Rosie's office closes down for that day. If Rosie works the whole shift on the Thursday before the holiday and the Tuesday after the vacation, or has affordable cause for stopping working to work either of those days, she certifies to be spent for the holiday.

Example: When a staff member takes a day of rest

A public vacation falls on a Monday, and Lev's work environment shuts down for that day. Lev regularly works Monday to Thursday. Lev has asked his company for approval to take off the Thursday before the public vacation because he has an individual appointment. His company agrees. Lev's last regularly scheduled work day before the vacation is now thought about to be on the Wednesday.

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

Example: When a staff member leaves early

A public vacation falls on a Friday, and Doris's work environment is closed for the holiday. Doris generally works from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. However, she desires to leave at 3 p.m. on the Thursday before the public vacation. The employer agrees. Doris's frequently scheduled shift on the Thursday before the public vacation is now considered 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 sensible cause for failing to do so, she is entitled to the paid public vacation.

Example: When a staff member is on trip

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

Example: When a worker is on a leave or layoff

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

Example: When there is no sensible cause

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

Public holiday pay

The amount of public holiday pay to which a worker is entitled is all of the regular earnings earned by the staff member in the four work weeks before the work week with the general public vacation plus all of the vacation pay payable to the employee with respect to the 4 work weeks before the work week with the general public holiday, divided by 20.

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

The quantity of vacation pay payable to consist of in the computation of public holiday pay depends upon whether the worker is on vacation at any time throughout the four work weeks prior to the general public vacation, and the way in which the staff member is to be paid trip pay. Please describe the Vacation chapter for info on the various ways vacation 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 vacation falls, trip pay will be consisted of in the computation of public holiday pay if the worker was on holiday throughout that four work week period. If the staff member was not on trip during that period, no vacation pay will be consisted of in the estimation.

If the worker is to be paid vacation pay with every pay cheque the quantity of holiday pay to include in the computation of public holiday pay will be at least 4 percent of all of the employee's earnings made throughout the four work week duration. (Note that if an employee makes a greater percentage of holiday pay, such as 6 percent of earnings, then the "getaway pay payable" will be based upon that higher portion.)

If an employee is to receive their trip pay in a lump sum on a specific date or dates, holiday 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 duration.

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

The four weeks before the public holiday is based on the employer's work week and is not necessarily a calendar week.

Example:

Christmas Day falls on a Tuesday. Suppose that a company's work week runs from Thursday to Wednesday. In this case, the four work weeks used to calculate public vacation pay are those four weeks counting backwards from the very first Wednesday (the last day of the company's work week) before the work week in which the general 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 vacation: Tuesday, December 25

In this example, the regular salaries made by the worker and the holiday pay payable to the staff member with regard to the 4 work weeks from November 22 to December 19 are utilized in the estimation of public holiday pay.

Calculating public vacation pay

Iryna works five days a week and makes $120 a day. She worked her last frequently arranged work day before the public vacation and her very first frequently arranged day after the vacation. She receives her trip pay when her getaway is taken. She was not on getaway during the 4 work weeks leading up to the general public holiday.

1. Calculate Iryna's total routine incomes earned: $ 120 each day X 5 days = $600 each week $ 600 per week X 4 work weeks = $2,400. Iryna earned $2,400 of routine incomes in the four work weeks before the public vacation.
2. Calculate the quantity of getaway pay payable with respect to the four work week period:. Iryna gets her trip pay when she takes her getaway. Because she was not on getaway during the 4 work week duration, the amount of vacation pay payable with regard to the four work weeks before the public holiday = $0.
3. Combine her total salaries made and holiday pay payable and divide the amount 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 included

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

1. Calculate Brock's overall regular incomes made:. Brock worked 10 days. $ 160 daily X 10 days = $1,600.
2. Calculate the quantity of getaway pay:. Brock was on trip for 2 of the 4 work weeks prior to the work week with the public holiday, and is paid getaway pay before he takes his getaway. The quantity of trip pay payable with regard to the 4 work weeks prior to the work week with the public holiday = $1,600.
3. Add together his overall incomes earned 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 an employee works part-time and each pay cheque includes getaway pay

Tegan works 3 days a week and earns $120 a day. She worked her last frequently scheduled work day before the general public holiday and her first frequently set up day after the holiday. She and her employer have agreed in composing that she will get four percent vacation pay on each paycheque.

1. Calculate Tegan's routine salaries made:. $ 120 each day X 3 days = $360 per week. $ 360 per week X 4 weeks = $1,440.
2. Calculate her holiday pay payable:. $ 4.80 daily (4% of $120) X 3 days = $14.40 each week. $ 14.40 per week X 4 weeks = $57.60.
3. Add together her regular wages earned and vacation 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 holiday pay.

Example: When there are no set hours and each pay cheque includes holiday 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 worked. She and her company have actually agreed in composing that she will receive 4 per cent getaway pay on each pay cheque.

1. Bertie's regular incomes earned throughout the 4 work weeks before the holiday are $1,500.
2. Calculate her vacation pay payable:. $ 1,500 X 4% = $60.
3. Total her regular wages 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 staff member is on a leave

Zoe generally 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 parental leave.

During her leaves, she was not paid wages or vacation pay. She received maternity and parental take advantage of the federal Employment Insurance program, however these advantages are ruled out "wages."

Zoe is entitled to receive public holiday pay for the public vacations that fall throughout her leave as long as she works her last regularly arranged day before her leave and her first frequently set up day after her leave, or has affordable cause for failing to do so.

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

- Regular earnings earned: $120 a day X 7 days = $840.
- Vacation pay payable: $0 (she was not on holiday during the 4 work week period).
- Public vacation pay: ($ 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 actually made any earnings or trip pay on any of the days throughout the four work weeks before each of those holidays.

Example: When a worker is on a layoff

Eugene usually works five days a week, earning $100 a day. He was positioned on short-term layoff on November 15. During his layoff, Eugene was not paid incomes or holiday pay. He got employment insurance benefits throughout this time, but these advantages are ruled out "wages."

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 routinely set up day before the layoff and his very first routinely scheduled day after the layoff, or has sensible cause for failing to do so.

However, since Eugene did not make any salaries or vacation pay in the 4 work weeks before those two public vacations, the quantity of public vacation pay he is entitled to will be $0.

Premium pay

Premium pay is 1 1/2 times an employee's regular rate of pay. If a worker is entitled to get exceptional pay for work on a public holiday, they need to be paid 1 1/2 times their routine rate of pay for each hour worked.

For instance, Nathan's routine rate of pay is $20 an hour. This indicates that his premium pay will be $30.00 an hour ($ 20.00 X 1 1/2).

Substitute vacation

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

An alternative vacation need to be scheduled for a day that is no later than three months after the public vacation for which it was earned, or, if the employee has concurred electronically or in writing, the alternative day of rest can be arranged up to 12 months after the public vacation.

If an employee gets a substitute holiday, the company needs to offer the employee with a written statement that sets out the general public holiday that is being substituted, the date of the substitute vacation, and the date that the declaration was offered to the staff member. This statement should be provided to the worker before the public holiday.

Entitlements for public vacations

Entitlements for public holidays differ depending upon such things as whether the vacation falls on a working day or a non-working day and whether the staff member works on the vacation. The different entitlements are set out below.

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

Most employees deserve to get the public vacation off and earn money public holiday pay. (Some workers might be needed to work on a public holiday. See "Special guidelines for specific markets" later on in this chapter.)

When a public vacation falls on an employee's non-working day or employment throughout an employee's trip

When a public vacation falls on a day that is not ordinarily a working day for a worker, or throughout the staff member's trip, the worker is entitled to either:

- a replacement vacation off with public vacation pay;. or.
- public holiday pay for the public vacation, if the worker consents to this digitally or in composing (in this case, the staff member will not be offered a substitute day of rest).
When a staff member who qualifies for the day of rest has actually agreed digitally or in writing to deal with a public vacation

Most staff members can get the general public vacation off and earn money public vacation pay. However, if an employee concurs electronically or in writing to deal with the public vacation, there are 2 options:

- the employee is entitled to receive routine earnings for all hours dealt with the general public vacation, plus a substitute day of rest deal with public vacation pay;. or.
- if the employee agrees electronically or in writing, they are entitled to public holiday spend for the general public holiday plus premium spend for all hours dealt with the general public vacation. In this case, the employee will not be given a substitute day of rest.
Example: Calculating public vacation pay plus premium pay

A public vacation falls on one of John-Duncan's normal working days. He and his company have actually concurred electronically or in writing that he will work on the public holiday and that, instead of getting a replacement holiday, employment he will be paid public holiday pay plus premium pay for all the hours he works on the holiday.

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

Step 1: compute public holiday pay:

1. Calculate John-Duncan's total routine earnings earned in the four work weeks before the general public vacation: 8 hours per day X $20 per hour = $160 per day $ 160 each day 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 vacation.
2. Calculate the quantity of trip pay payable with respect to the four work week duration:. John-Duncan receives his getaway pay when he takes his trip. Because he was not on getaway during the four work week duration, the amount of vacation pay payable with regard to the four work weeks before the public vacation = $0.
3. Combine his total salaries earned and vacation 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: determine premium pay

Finally, the premium pay owing to John-Duncan for his work on the public vacation is calculated:. $ 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 holiday pay of $160 and superior pay of $240, for an overall of $400.

When an employee consents to deal with a public vacation however fails to do so

If a staff member has actually concurred digitally or in composing to work on the public vacation but does not do so - and does not have sensible cause for not having done so - the staff member has no right to public vacation pay or to an alternative day of rest with pay.

However, if the worker has affordable cause for not working the public vacation, then entitlements will depend on which of the 2 options listed below the employee chose in exchange for consenting to work on the public vacation:

- if the employee had concurred digitally or in writing to work on the general public vacation for routine salaries plus a substitute 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 agreed electronically or in composing to work on the public vacation for public holiday pay plus premium spend for each hour worked, they are entitled to be paid public vacation spend for the holiday. The employee is not entitled to get any exceptional pay because they did not carry out any work on the holiday.
When a staff member works just a few of the hours they accepted deal with a public vacation

If a worker has actually agreed electronically or in composing to deal with the public holiday however works just a few of the hours they consented to work, and does not have affordable cause for stopping working to work all of the hours, the worker is just entitled to get premium spend for each hour dealt with the holiday. The staff member has no right to public holiday pay or a substitute day off work.

Example: A normal case

Trudi had concurred in writing that she would work eight hours on Canada Day but she only worked four hours and did not have sensible cause for stopping working to work the other four hours. Trudi is entitled only to premium spend for the four hours she worked on the holiday. She is not entitled to public holiday pay or to an alternative day off work.

However, if the staff member has affordable cause for working just some of the hours they consented to deal with the general public vacation, then:

- the worker is entitled to their routine rate for all the hours worked plus a substitute day of rest work with public vacation 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 holiday pay plus premium pay for every hour worked on the holiday.
Special guidelines for certain industries

Special guidelines apply to employees who work in the list below kinds of organizations:

- hotels, motels and traveler resorts;.
- restaurants and taverns;.
- health centers and retirement home;.
- 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 company or the games part of a gambling establishment if the games tables are open all the time).
A staff member who works in any of these services can be required to work on a public vacation without their contract, however only if the vacation falls on a day that the worker would normally work and the staff member is not on vacation.

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

- their routine rate for the hours worked on the public holiday, plus an alternative day of rest work with public vacation pay;. or.
- public holiday pay plus premium pay for each hour worked.
The employer selects which of these options will apply.

Note that the employer's capability to require workers to deal with a public vacation goes through the staff member's right to take a day of rest for functions of spiritual observance under the Ontario Human Rights Code, and to the regards to the worker's employment agreement. Note likewise that particular retail employees who work in constant operations (for example, a 24-hour corner store) deserve to decline to work on a public vacation because of the special guidelines that use to some retail workers. See the "Retail workers" chapter of this guide for more details.

An employee in the previously noted businesses who is required to work on a public vacation that falls on their ordinary working day but fails to do so, with sensible cause, is entitled to:

- an alternative holiday with public vacation pay;. or.
- public vacation pay for the holiday.
The employer selects which choice will apply.

A staff member in any of these companies who is required to work on a public vacation that falls on their ordinary working day but who stops working, with sensible cause, to work a few of the hours they were required to deal with the holiday is entitled to either:

- their regular rate for each hour dealt with the holiday plus an alternative holiday with public vacation pay;. or.
- public vacation spend for the holiday plus premium spend for each hour worked.
The company selects which alternative will apply.

An employee in any of these businesses who is required to deal with a public holiday that falls on their ordinary working day however who stops working, without sensible cause, to work part or all of the general public holiday is only entitled to receive exceptional spend for each hour worked on the vacation (if any). The worker has no right to public vacation pay or a substitute day of rest work.

Overtime estimations when an employee receives premium pay

Any hours worked on a public vacation that are compensated with premium pay are not consisted of when identifying whether a staff member has worked any overtime hours.

If employment ends

Sometimes a staff member's task concerns an end before the employee can take an alternative vacation with public vacation pay that they have actually made. In this case, the employer needs to pay the worker's public vacation pay at the same time it pays the staff member's final incomes. This is so no matter the reason the job pertained to an end, whether it is because the employee gave up, was fired for great reason, or for some other factor.

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