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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 vacation pay.

Alternatively, the employee can concur electronically or in composing to work on the holiday and be paid:

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

– be paid their regular incomes for all hours worked on the general public holiday and get another alternative holiday for which they must be paid public vacation pay.

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

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

See “Public vacation pay” later on in this chapter.

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

While some employers provide their staff members a vacation on Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, the very first Monday in August, or Remembrance Day, the company is not required to do so under the ESA.

Performing both covered and exempt work

Some workers carry out more than one kind of work for a company. A few of this work might be covered by the public holiday part of the ESA, while another kind of work may be exempt from public vacation protection.

If a worker carries out both sort of work, exempt and covered, they are eligible for the public vacation privilege with regard to a specific public holiday 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 company as both a taxi cab motorist (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, 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 eligible for the general public holiday privilege for Canada Day.

Qualifying for public vacation entitlements

Generally, employees receive the public holiday entitlement unless they:

– stop working without reasonable cause to work all of their last frequently scheduled day of work before the general public vacation or all of their first regularly arranged day of work after the public holiday (this is called the “Last and First Rule”);.
or.

– stop working without affordable cause to work their entire shift on the general public vacation if they agreed to or were needed to work that day.

Note: Most staff members who fail to get approved for employment the general public holiday entitlement are still entitled to be paid premium pay for every hour they work on the holiday.

Qualified staff members can be complete time, part time, long-term or on term agreement. It does not matter how recently they were worked with, or how lots of days they worked before the public vacation.

The “last and very first guideline”

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

For instance, a worker may not be arranged to work the day right before or after the vacation. As long as the worker works all of their last regularly scheduled shift before the vacation and all of the very first one after it, or has affordable cause for not working either of those days, they meet this qualifying criterion.

Reasonable cause

An employee is usually considered to have “sensible cause” for missing out on work when something beyond their control avoids the employee from working. Employees are accountable for revealing that they had reasonable cause for keeping away from work. If they can do so, they still get approved for public holiday entitlements.

How the last and very first rule works

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

Example: When a worker takes a day of rest

A public vacation falls on a Monday, and Lev’s work environment shuts down for that day. Lev routinely works Monday to Thursday. Lev has asked his employer for authorization to take off the Thursday before the public holiday because he has a personal appointment. His employer agrees. Lev’s last regularly set up work day before the holiday is now considered 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 holiday.

Example: When a staff member leaves early

A public vacation falls on a Friday, and Doris’s office 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 company agrees. 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 employment 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the following Monday, or has affordable cause for failing to do so, she is entitled to the paid public holiday.

Example: When a staff member 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 regularly set up shift before his trip and first frequently scheduled shift after his holiday – on June 24 and July 10 – or has affordable cause for stopping working to do so, he will receive 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 routinely scheduled day of work before her leave, and her very first routinely scheduled 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 reasonable cause

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

Public holiday pay

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

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

The amount of vacation pay payable to include in the calculation of public holiday pay depends upon whether the staff member is on vacation at any time during the 4 work weeks prior to the general public vacation, and the way in which the worker is to be paid vacation pay. Please refer to the Vacation chapter for details on the different ways getaway pay can be paid.

Vacation pay payable

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

If the staff member is to be paid holiday pay with every pay cheque the amount of trip pay to include in the computation of public vacation pay will be at least four percent of all of the staff member’s incomes made throughout the 4 work week duration. (Note that if a worker makes a greater portion of holiday pay, such as six percent of salaries, then the “getaway pay payable” will be based on that greater percentage.)

If an employee is to receive their holiday pay in a lump amount on a certain date or dates, getaway pay will be consisted of in the estimation of public vacation pay just if that date or dates falls throughout the pertinent 4 work week period.

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

The 4 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 runs from Thursday to Wednesday. In this case, the four work weeks used to determine public vacation 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 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 earned by the employee and the holiday pay payable to the staff member with respect to the four work weeks from November 22 to December 19 are utilized in the computation of public holiday pay.

Calculating public holiday pay

Iryna works 5 days a week and makes $120 a day. She worked her last frequently arranged work day before the public vacation and her first routinely set up day after the vacation. She gets her holiday pay when her holiday is taken. She was not on getaway throughout the 4 work weeks leading up to the general public holiday.

1. Calculate Iryna’s total regular incomes made:
$ 120 daily X 5 days = $600 weekly
$ 600 weekly X 4 work weeks = $2,400.
Iryna earned $2,400 of routine incomes in the four work weeks before the general public vacation.

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

3. Combine her total incomes earned and holiday pay payable and divide the sum by 20:.
$ 2,400 + $0 = $2,400.
$ 2,400 ÷ 20 = $120.

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

Example: When trip time is involved

Brock works five days a week and makes $160 a day. He was on getaway for 2 of the 4 weeks before the public vacation. He receives getaway pay before he takes his vacation. He is paid $1,600 holiday pay for his 2 weeks of holiday. Brock worked his last frequently arranged work day before the general public holiday and his very first regularly arranged work day after the holiday.

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

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

3. Total his overall earnings made and getaway payable and divide the amount 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 getaway pay

Tegan works 3 days a week and earns $120 a day. She worked her last routinely scheduled work day before the general public holiday and her first frequently scheduled day after the vacation. She and her company have actually agreed in writing that she will get 4 percent vacation pay on each paycheque.

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

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

3. Total her regular incomes made 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 vacation pay.

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

Bertie does not work a set variety of hours per day or days weekly. Her pay varies from week to week, according to the time she has actually worked. She and her employer have actually concurred in writing that she will get four per cent trip pay on each pay cheque.

1. Bertie’s routine incomes made throughout the four work weeks before the holiday are $1,500.

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

3. Total her routine earnings earned and vacation 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 an employee is on a leave

Zoe typically works five days a week, making $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 earnings or holiday pay. She got maternity and parental benefits from the federal Employment Insurance program, however these benefits are not considered “salaries.”

Zoe is entitled to receive public holiday spend for the general public holidays that fall during her leave as long as she works her last regularly 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 7 days throughout the 4 work weeks before the Canada Day public holiday. Her public holiday pay for Canada Day is:

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

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

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

Her public vacation spend for the remainder of the public vacations that fall during her leave will be $0. This is because she will not have actually made any incomes or vacation pay on any of the days throughout the 4 work weeks before each of those holidays.

Example: When an employee is on a layoff

Eugene typically works five days a week, earning $100 a day. He was put on short-lived layoff on November 15. During his layoff, Eugene was not paid earnings or getaway pay. He received work insurance advantages throughout this time, but these advantages are not considered “incomes.”

Eugene was recalled 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 set up day before the layoff and his very first frequently scheduled day after the layoff, or has sensible cause for stopping working to do so.

However, due to the fact that Eugene did not make any wages or getaway pay in the 4 work weeks before those two 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 staff member’s regular rate of pay. If a staff member is entitled to receive exceptional spend for work on a public holiday, they need to be paid 1 1/2 times their regular rate of pay for each hour worked.

For instance, Nathan’s routine rate of pay is $20 an hour. This suggests 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 off work that is designated to replace a public vacation. Employees are entitled to be paid public vacation pay for an alternative holiday.

A replacement holiday need to be arranged for a day that is no behind three months after the public vacation for which it was made, or, if the staff member has actually agreed electronically or in writing, the alternative day off can be arranged as much as 12 months after the public holiday.

If a staff member receives an alternative vacation, the employer should provide the worker with a composed statement that sets out the general public vacation that is being replaced, the date of the alternative holiday, and the date that the statement was given to the staff member. This statement needs to be provided to the worker before the general public holiday.

Entitlements for public holidays

Entitlements for public holidays vary depending on such things as whether the holiday falls on a working day or a non-working day and whether the worker works on the holiday. The various entitlements are set out listed below.

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

Most employees can get the general public holiday off and make money public holiday pay. (Some staff members may be needed to work on a public vacation. See “Special rules for particular industries” later in this chapter.)

When a public holiday falls on a staff member’s non-working day or employment throughout a worker’s vacation

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

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

– public holiday spend for the general public holiday, if the employee agrees to this electronically or in composing (in this case, the staff member will not be offered a substitute day off).

When a staff member who gets approved for the day off has actually agreed digitally or in composing to deal with a public vacation

Most employees deserve to get the general public vacation off and get paid public vacation pay. However, if a worker concurs electronically or in composing to work on the public vacation, there are 2 choices:

– the employee is entitled to receive routine incomes for all hours dealt with the public vacation, plus an alternative day of rest deal with public holiday pay;.
or.

– if the staff member concurs electronically or in writing, they are entitled to public vacation spend for the general public holiday plus premium pay for all hours worked on the public vacation. In this case, the worker will not be offered a substitute day of rest.

Example: Calculating public vacation pay plus premium pay

A public vacation falls on among John-Duncan’s regular working days. He and his employer have concurred digitally or in composing that he will work on the public holiday and that, instead of getting a substitute vacation, he will be paid public holiday pay plus premium pay for all the hours he deals with the vacation.

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

Step 1: compute public holiday pay:

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

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

3. Combine his total 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 exceptional pay

Finally, the premium pay owing to John-Duncan for his work on the 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 vacation pay of $160 and superior pay of $240, for a total of $400.

When a staff member consents to deal with a public vacation but stops working to do so

If an employee has concurred electronically or in composing to deal with the public vacation however does refrain from doing so – and does not have reasonable cause for not having done so – the staff member has no right to public vacation pay or to an alternative day off with pay.

However, if the employee has affordable cause for not working the public vacation, then privileges will depend upon which of the two options listed below the staff member selected in exchange for accepting deal with the general public vacation:

– if the employee had actually agreed digitally or in writing to work on the public vacation for regular wages plus a substitute day off with public holiday pay, the employee is entitled to a substitute day off deal with public vacation pay;.
or.

– if the employee had agreed electronically or in writing to deal with the general public holiday for public vacation pay plus premium spend for each hour worked, they are entitled to be paid public vacation pay for the vacation. The worker is not entitled to get any premium pay because they did not perform any deal with the vacation.

When a worker works only a few of the hours they agreed to deal with a public holiday

If a staff member has actually agreed electronically or in composing to deal with the general public vacation but works just a few of the hours they concurred to work, and does not have sensible cause for failing to work all of the hours, the worker is just entitled to get superior spend for each hour worked on the holiday. The staff member has no right to public holiday pay or an alternative day off work.

Example: A normal case

Trudi had concurred in composing that she would work 8 hours on Canada Day however she just worked four hours and did not have sensible cause for stopping working to work the other 4 hours. Trudi is entitled only to premium spend for the four hours she dealt with the holiday. She is not entitled to public vacation pay or to an alternative day of rest work.

However, if the staff member has sensible cause for working just a few of the hours they accepted work on the general public holiday, then:

– the worker is entitled to their routine rate for all the hours worked plus an alternative day off work with public vacation pay;.
or.

– if the staff member had actually concurred electronically or in composing to work on the public holiday for public vacation pay plus premium spend for each hour worked, they are entitled to be paid public vacation pay plus premium pay for every hour worked on the vacation.

Special guidelines for certain industries

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

– hotels, motels and traveler resorts;.

– dining establishments and pubs;.

– healthcare facilities and assisted living home;.

– 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 company or the games part of a casino if the games tables are open all the time).

An employee who works in any of these services can be needed to deal with a public vacation without their arrangement, but just if the vacation falls on a day that the worker would usually work and the employee is not on trip.

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

– their regular rate for the hours dealt with the public vacation, plus a substitute day of rest work with public vacation pay;.
or.

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

The employer picks which of these options will apply.

Note that the employer’s capability to require employees to deal with a public holiday goes through the worker’s right to take a day off for purposes of religious observance under the Ontario Human Rights Code, and to the regards to the worker’s employment agreement. Note also that certain retail employees who work in constant operations (for example, a 24-hour corner store) deserve to refuse to work on a public holiday because of the unique guidelines that use to some retail employees. See the “Retail workers” chapter of this guide for additional information.

An employee in the formerly listed companies who is required to deal with a public holiday that falls on their common working day but fails to do so, with reasonable cause, is entitled to:

– a substitute holiday with public vacation pay;.
or.

– public holiday pay for the holiday.

The company picks which option will apply.

A worker in any of these businesses who is required to work on a public vacation that falls on their regular working day however who stops working, with reasonable cause, to work a few of the hours they were required to work on the holiday is entitled to either:

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

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

The employer selects which alternative will apply.

A staff member in any of these businesses who is required to work on a public holiday that falls on their normal working day however who stops working, without affordable cause, to work part or all of the general public holiday is just entitled to get superior spend 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 estimations when an employee receives superior pay

Any hours worked on a public vacation that are compensated with premium pay are not included when identifying whether an employee has worked any overtime hours.

If employment ends

Sometimes a staff member’s job comes to an end before the staff member can take an alternative holiday with public holiday pay that they have earned. In this case, the company should pay the staff member’s public holiday pay at the same time it pays the staff member’s final incomes. This is so no matter the reason the task concerned an end, whether it is because the employee gave up, was fired for good factor, or for some other reason.

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