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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 agree electronically or in writing to work on the vacation and be paid:

— public vacation pay plus premium pay for employment all hours dealt with the general public vacation and not get another day of rest (called a «alternative» holiday);.
or.

— be paid their regular wages for all hours worked on the general public vacation and receive another substitute holiday for which they must be paid public vacation pay.

Some employees may be needed to work on a public vacation. (See «Special guidelines for certain markets» later on in this Chapter.) While many workers are eligible for the public vacation entitlement, some workers work in tasks that are not covered by the public vacation arrangements of the Employment Standards Act (ESA). To determine 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 holidays and other work standards privileges.

See «Public holiday pay» later in this chapter.

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

While some employers provide their employees a holiday 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 employees perform more than one sort of work for an employer. 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 holiday coverage.

If a worker carries out both kinds of work, exempt and covered, they are qualified for the public vacation entitlement with respect to a particular public holiday if a minimum of half of the work carried out in the work week of the public holiday is work that is covered.

Rupert works for a taxi business as both a taxi cab motorist (work that is exempt from public vacation protection) 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 general public holiday entitlement for Canada Day.

Receiving public vacation entitlements

Generally, employees get approved for the general public holiday privilege unless they:

— fail without affordable cause to work all of their last regularly set up day of work before the general public vacation or all of their first frequently set up day of work after the general public holiday (this is called the «Last and First Rule»);.
or.

— fail without affordable cause to work their entire shift on the public holiday if they accepted or were needed to work that day.

Note: Most employees who fail to certify for the general public holiday entitlement are still entitled to be paid premium pay for every hour they deal with the holiday.

Qualified employees can be full time, part-time, permanent or on term contract. It does not matter how just recently they were employed, or the number of days they worked before the general public vacation.

The «last and first rule»

The «last frequently set up day of work before the public holiday» and the «very first routinely scheduled day of work after the public vacation» do not have to be the days right previously and right after the holiday.

For instance, an employee might not be arranged to work the day right before or after the holiday. As long as the employee works all of their last regularly arranged shift before the holiday and all of the first one after it, or has sensible cause for not working either of those days, they meet this qualifying requirement.

Reasonable cause

An employee is normally considered to have «affordable cause» for missing work when something beyond their control prevents the staff member from working. Employees are accountable for showing that they had sensible cause for keeping away from work. If they can do so, they still qualify for public holiday entitlements.

How the last and first rule works

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

Example: When an takes a day off

A public vacation falls on a Monday, and Lev’s work environment closes down for that day. Lev routinely works Monday to Thursday. Lev has asked his employer for approval to remove the Thursday before the public vacation because he has a personal appointment. His employer concurs. Lev’s last frequently arranged work day before the vacation is now considered to be on the Wednesday.

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

Example: When a staff member leaves early

A public holiday falls on a Friday, and Doris’s office is closed for the vacation. Doris typically 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 general public holiday. The employer agrees. Doris’s regularly scheduled shift on the Thursday before the general public holiday 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 sensible cause for stopping working to do so, she is entitled to the paid public vacation.

Example: When an employee is on getaway

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 getaway and very first regularly scheduled shift after his vacation — on June 24 and July 10 — or has affordable cause for stopping working to do so, he will get approved 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 happens. If Lydia works her last regularly arranged day of work before her leave, and her first regularly set up day of work after her leave, or has reasonable cause for stopping working to do so, she will be entitled to the paid public vacation.

Example: When there is no affordable cause

A public vacation falls on a Monday, and Ellen’s office 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 that day. She gets no pay for the holiday.

Public vacation pay

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

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

The amount of vacation pay payable to include in the computation of public holiday pay depends on whether the staff member is on vacation at any time throughout the four work weeks prior to the public holiday, and the way in which the staff member is to be paid holiday pay. Please refer to the Vacation chapter for information on the different ways holiday pay can be paid.

Vacation pay payable

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

If the staff member is to be paid vacation pay with every pay cheque the quantity of getaway pay to include in the computation of public vacation pay will be at least 4 per cent of all of the staff member’s incomes made during the four work week period. (Note that if an employee earns a higher portion of holiday pay, such as six percent of earnings, then the «vacation pay payable» will be based upon that higher portion.)

If a staff member is to receive their holiday pay in a lump amount on a certain date or dates, getaway pay will be included in the calculation of public vacation pay only if that date or dates falls during the pertinent four work week duration.

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

The 4 weeks before the public holiday is based upon 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 ranges from Thursday to Wednesday. In this case, the four work weeks used to compute 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 public holiday 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 vacation: Tuesday, December 25

In this example, the routine earnings earned by the worker and the holiday pay payable to the worker with respect to the four work weeks from November 22 to December 19 are utilized in the estimation of public holiday pay.

Calculating public holiday pay

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

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

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

3. Total her overall earnings earned 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 holiday time is involved

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

1. Calculate Brock’s total routine wages earned:.
Brock worked 10 days.
$ 160 each day X 10 days = $1,600.

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

3. Add together 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 holiday pay.

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

Tegan works three days a week and earns $120 a day. She worked her last regularly arranged work day before the general public vacation and her very first frequently arranged day after the holiday. She and her company have concurred in composing that she will get 4 percent holiday pay on each paycheque.

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

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

3. Add together her regular salaries made and vacation 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 trip pay

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

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

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

3. Total her routine salaries made 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 vacation pay.

Example: When a worker is on a leave

Zoe typically works five days a week, earning $120 a day. She receives trip pay before she goes on holiday. 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 getaway pay. She received maternity and parental gain from the federal Employment Insurance program, but these benefits are not thought about «salaries.»

Zoe is entitled to receive public vacation pay for the general public vacations that fall throughout her leave as long as she works her last frequently set up day before her leave and her very first routinely arranged day after her leave, or has affordable cause for stopping working 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 vacation. 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 trip throughout the 4 work week duration).

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

Her public vacation pay for the remainder of the public holidays that fall during her leave will be $0. This is because she will not have actually made any salaries or trip 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 usually works 5 days a week, earning $100 a day. He was put on temporary layoff on November 15. During his layoff, Eugene was not paid incomes or trip pay. He received work insurance advantages throughout this time, but these advantages 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 regularly scheduled day before the layoff and his very first regularly set up day after the layoff, or has sensible cause for stopping working to do so.

However, since Eugene did not earn any wages or getaway pay in the 4 work weeks before those 2 public holidays, the quantity of public holiday 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 a staff member is entitled to get superior spend for work on a public holiday, they need to be paid 1 1/2 times their routine rate of spend for each hour worked.

For example, Nathan’s regular 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

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

An alternative holiday should be arranged for a day that is no later on than 3 months after the general public holiday for which it was earned, or, if the employee has agreed digitally or in writing, the substitute day of rest can be scheduled as much as 12 months after the public holiday.

If a worker receives a substitute holiday, employment the employer must offer the employee with a composed declaration that sets out the public vacation that is being replaced, the date of the alternative vacation, and the date that the statement was offered to the staff member. This statement must be supplied to the worker before the general public holiday.

Entitlements for public vacations

Entitlements for public holidays vary depending upon such things as whether the holiday falls on a working day or a non-working day and whether the employee deals with the vacation. The various privileges are set out below.

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

Most employees can get the general public vacation off and earn money public vacation pay. (Some workers may be required to deal with a public vacation. See «Special rules for certain markets» later in this chapter.)

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

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

— a substitute holiday off with public vacation pay;.
or.

— public vacation pay for the general public vacation, if the worker accepts this digitally or in composing (in this case, the worker will not be offered a substitute day off).

When an employee who gets approved for the day of rest has actually agreed electronically or in writing to work on a public vacation

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

— the staff member is entitled to get regular incomes for all hours dealt with the general public holiday, plus a substitute day of rest work with public vacation pay;.
or.

— if the employee agrees electronically or in writing, they are entitled to public holiday pay for the general public holiday plus premium pay for all hours worked on the public vacation. In this case, the worker will not be given a substitute day of rest.

Example: Calculating public holiday pay plus premium pay

A public holiday falls on one of John-Duncan’s typical working days. He and his employer have actually agreed electronically or in writing that he will deal with the public holiday which, rather of getting a replacement 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 worked on all his scheduled work days in the four work weeks before the general public holiday. He works eight hours on the public vacation. He gets his getaway pay when his trip is taken. He was not on trip throughout the four work weeks leading up to the general public vacation

Step 1: compute public holiday pay:

1. Calculate John-Duncan’s overall regular salaries made in the four work weeks before the public vacation:
8 hours daily X $20 per hour = $160 per day
$ 160 daily X 5 days = $800 each week
$ 800 X 4 work weeks = $3,200.
John-Duncan earned $3,200 in the four work weeks before the general public vacation.

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

3. Total his overall incomes earned and holiday pay and divide the amount by 20:.
$ 3,200 + $0 = $3,200.
$ 3,200 ÷ 20 = $160.

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

Step 2: determine premium pay

Finally, the premium pay owing to John-Duncan for his deal with the general public holiday is determined:.
$ 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 exceptional pay of $240, for a total of $400.

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

If an employee has actually concurred digitally or in composing to work on the general public vacation however does not do so — and does not have affordable cause for not having actually done so — the staff member has no right to public vacation pay or to an alternative day off with pay.

However, if the worker has reasonable cause for not working the public vacation, then privileges will depend on which of the two options listed below the employee picked in exchange for accepting deal with the general public vacation:

— if the employee had concurred digitally or in composing to deal with the general public vacation for routine incomes plus a substitute day off with public holiday pay, the staff member is entitled to an alternative day of rest deal with public holiday pay;.
or.

— if the employee had concurred digitally 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 for the holiday. The staff member is not entitled to get any exceptional pay since they did not perform any deal with the vacation.

When an employee works just some of the hours they agreed to deal with a public vacation

If an employee has agreed digitally or in writing to work on the public holiday however works only a few of the hours they accepted work, and does not have affordable cause for failing to work all of the hours, the worker is only entitled to receive superior pay for each hour worked on the vacation. The staff member has no right to public holiday pay or an alternative day of rest work.

Example: A normal case

Trudi had actually agreed in composing that she would work eight hours on Canada Day however she just worked 4 hours and did not have sensible cause for failing to work the other 4 hours. Trudi is entitled only to premium pay for the four hours she worked on the vacation. She is not entitled to public holiday pay or to an alternative day of rest work.

However, if the staff member has affordable cause for working only a few of the hours they agreed to work on the public holiday, then:

— the employee is entitled to their regular rate for all the hours worked plus an alternative day of rest deal with public vacation pay;.
or.

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

Special guidelines for certain markets

Special rules use to employees who operate in the following kinds of companies:

— hotels, motels and employment 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 as soon as a week — such as an oil refinery, alarm-monitoring business or the games part of a casino if the video games tables are open around the clock).

A staff member who works in any of these organizations can be needed to deal with a public vacation without their agreement, however just if the vacation falls on a day that the employee would usually work and the staff member is not on getaway.

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

— their routine rate for the hours dealt with the public holiday, plus an alternative day off deal with public vacation pay;.
or.

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

The company selects which of these choices will use.

Note that the employer’s ability to require workers to work on a public vacation undergoes the staff member’s right to take a day off for purposes of spiritual observance under the Ontario Human Rights Code, and to the regards to the employee’s employment agreement. Note also that specific retail workers who work in continuous operations (for example, a 24-hour convenience shop) have the right to refuse to work on a public holiday due to the fact that of the unique guidelines that use to some retail workers. See the «Retail workers» chapter of this guide for additional information.

A worker in the formerly noted companies who is required to work on a public vacation that falls on their common working day however stops working to do so, with reasonable cause, is entitled to:

— a replacement vacation with public holiday pay;.
or.

— public holiday spend for the holiday.

The company chooses which alternative will use.

A worker in any of these businesses who is required to work on a public vacation that falls on their ordinary working day but who fails, with affordable cause, to work some of the hours they were needed to work on the holiday is entitled to either:

— their routine rate for each hour worked on the holiday plus an alternative vacation with public holiday pay;.
or.

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

The company chooses which alternative will apply.

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

Overtime calculations when an employee receives superior pay

Any hours worked on a public holiday that are compensated with superior pay are not consisted of when identifying whether a worker has actually worked any overtime hours.

If employment ends

Sometimes a worker’s task pertains to an end before the staff member can take a substitute holiday with public holiday pay that they have made. In this case, the employer should pay the worker’s public vacation pay at the very same time it pays the employee’s last earnings. This is so regardless of the factor the task pertained to an end, whether it is due to the fact that the worker quit, was fired for great factor, or for some other reason.