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Qualified Employees can Be Full-time
Most employees who certify are entitled to take nowadays off work and be paid public holiday pay.
Alternatively, the staff member can concur electronically or in writing to deal with the holiday and be paid:
– public holiday pay plus premium pay for all hours dealt with the public holiday and not receive another day of rest (called a “substitute” vacation);.
or.
– be paid their routine wages for all hours worked on the general public vacation and get another alternative holiday for which they need to be paid public holiday pay.
Some workers may be required to work on a public vacation. (See “Special rules for particular industries” later on in this Chapter.) While most employees are qualified for the public vacation 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 job is covered, or if special rules apply, please describe the Guide to employment requirements unique rules and exemptions.
Use the Employment Standards Self-Service Tool to inspect compliance with public holidays and other work requirements entitlements.
See “Public holiday pay” later in this chapter.
Regular incomes does not consist of any overtime pay, trip pay, public holiday pay, premium pay, domestic or sexual violence leave pay, termination pay, discontinuance wage or termination of project pay payable to an employee.
While some companies give their workers a holiday on Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, the very first Monday in August, or Remembrance Day, the employer is not required to do so under the ESA.
Performing both covered and exempt work
Some workers carry out more than one kind of work for an employer. Some of this work might be covered by the public vacation part of the ESA, while another kind of work may be exempt from public vacation protection.
If a worker carries out both kinds of work, exempt and covered, they are eligible for the public vacation entitlement with respect to a particular public holiday if at least half of the work carried out in the work week of the public holiday is work that is covered.
Rupert works for a taxi company as both a taxi taxi driver (work that is exempt from public vacation protection) and a dispatcher (work that is covered by the public holiday part of the ESA). In the work week that Canada Day fell, at least half of Rupert’s work was as a dispatcher. Because this work is covered by the public holiday part of the ESA, he is qualified for the general public holiday entitlement for Canada Day.
Qualifying for public vacation privileges
Generally, staff members certify for the public holiday privilege unless they:
– stop working without reasonable cause to work all of their last frequently set up day of work before the general public vacation or all of their very first routinely set up day of work after the public holiday (this is called the “Last and First Rule”);.
or.
– stop working without sensible cause to work their whole shift on the general public holiday if they consented to or were needed to work that day.
Note: Most staff members who fail to qualify for the general public vacation entitlement are still entitled to be paid exceptional spend for every hour they deal with the vacation.
Qualified workers can be complete time, part time, irreversible or on term agreement. It does not matter how just recently they were worked with, or the number of days they worked before the general public vacation.
The “last and first rule”
The “last regularly arranged day of work before the general public vacation” and the “first routinely scheduled day of work after the public vacation” do not have to be the days right previously and right after the vacation.
For example, an employee might not be set up to work the day right before or after the holiday. As long as the worker works all of their last routinely scheduled 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 qualifying criterion.
Reasonable cause
A staff member is generally thought about to have “reasonable cause” for missing out on work when something beyond their control avoids the worker from working. Employees are accountable for showing that they had reasonable cause for keeping away from work. If they can do so, they still receive public vacation privileges.
How the last and first rule works
Rosie’s routine work week ranges from Monday to Thursday. A public holiday falls on a Monday, and Rosie’s work environment closes down for that day. If Rosie works the whole shift on the Thursday before the holiday and the Tuesday after the holiday, or has reasonable cause for stopping working to work either of those days, she certifies to be spent for the holiday.
Example: When a worker takes a day off
A public holiday falls on a Monday, and Lev’s workplace shuts down for that day. Lev regularly works Monday to Thursday. Lev has asked his company for permission to remove the Thursday before the general public holiday due to the fact that he has an individual consultation. His employer concurs. Lev’s last frequently scheduled work day before the vacation is now thought about to be on the Wednesday.
If Lev works his entire Wednesday shift before the holiday and his entire Tuesday shift after the holiday, or has affordable cause for not working either of those days, he gets approved for the paid public vacation.
Example: When a worker leaves early
A public holiday falls on a Friday, and Doris’s work environment is closed for the vacation. Doris typically 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 general public vacation. The company agrees. Doris’s routinely set up shift on the Thursday before the general public holiday 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 affordable cause for stopping working to do so, she is entitled to the paid public holiday.
Example: When a staff member is on trip
Canada Day falls on July 1. George is on vacation from June 25 to July 9. If George works all of his last routinely scheduled shift before his trip and very first regularly arranged shift after his holiday – on June 24 and July 10 – or has sensible cause for failing to do so, he will receive the paid public vacation.
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 routinely arranged day of work before her leave, and her very first routinely scheduled day of work after her leave, or has affordable cause for failing to do so, she will be entitled to the paid public vacation.
Example: When there is no affordable 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 affordable cause for missing that day. She receives no pay for the vacation.
Public vacation pay
The quantity of public holiday pay to which a worker is entitled is all of the regular incomes made by the staff member in the 4 work weeks before the work week with the public vacation plus all of the getaway pay payable to the employee with regard to the four work weeks before the work week with the public vacation, divided by 20.
When to consist of vacation pay in the calculation of public vacation pay
The amount of holiday pay payable to consist of in the estimation of public holiday pay depends on whether the worker is on trip at any time throughout the four work weeks prior to the general public vacation, and the manner in which the staff member is to be paid trip pay. Please describe the Vacation chapter for details on the different ways holiday pay can be paid.
Vacation pay payable
If the employee is to be paid their holiday pay before they take a getaway or on or before the pay day for the period in which the trip falls, vacation pay will be consisted of in the estimation of public vacation pay if the employee was on trip during that 4 work week period. If the staff member was not on vacation during that duration, no vacation pay will be included in the calculation.
If the employee is to be paid trip pay with every pay cheque the amount of vacation pay to include in the calculation of public vacation pay will be at least four per cent of all of the staff member’s earnings earned throughout the four work week duration. (Note that if a staff member makes a higher portion of holiday pay, such as six per cent of earnings, then the “holiday pay payable” will be based on that higher portion.)
If an employee is to get their vacation pay in a swelling sum on a particular date or dates, getaway pay will be included in the estimation of public vacation pay just if that date or dates falls during the pertinent 4 work week duration.
Calculating the 4 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 used to compute public holiday pay are those 4 weeks counting in reverse from the very first Wednesday (the last day of the company’s work week) before the work week in which the public vacation falls.
– Week 1: Thursday, November 22 – Wednesday, November 28
– Week 2: Thursday, 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 routine incomes made by the worker and the vacation pay payable to the staff member with regard to the four work weeks from November 22 to December 19 are utilized in the computation of public holiday pay.
Calculating public vacation pay
Iryna works 5 days a week and earns $120 a day. She worked her last frequently set up work day before the general public holiday and her first frequently arranged day after the vacation. She gets her holiday pay when her getaway is taken. She was not on holiday during the 4 work weeks leading up to the general public holiday.
1. Calculate Iryna’s total regular wages made:
$ 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 holiday.
2. Calculate the amount of trip pay payable with regard to the four work week duration:.
Iryna receives her vacation pay when she takes her getaway. Because she was not on vacation during the 4 work week duration, the quantity of vacation pay payable with regard to the 4 work weeks before the public holiday = $0.
3. Total her overall wages 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 holiday time is included
Brock works five days a week and makes $160 a day. He was on vacation for two of the four weeks before the general public vacation. He receives vacation pay before he takes his holiday. He is paid $1,600 vacation spend for his two weeks of holiday. Brock worked his last routinely set up work day before the general public vacation and his very first routinely set up work day after the vacation.
1. Calculate Brock’s total routine earnings made:.
Brock worked 10 days.
$ 160 per day X 10 days = $1,600.
2. Calculate the amount of getaway pay:.
Brock was on trip for 2 of the four work weeks prior to the work week with the public vacation, and is paid vacation pay before he takes his trip. The quantity of getaway pay payable with respect to the 4 work weeks prior to the work week with the general public vacation = $1,600.
3. Add together his total incomes earned and holiday 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 worker works part-time and each pay cheque includes trip pay
Tegan works 3 days a week and makes $120 a day. She worked her last frequently set up work day before the public holiday and her very first regularly scheduled day after the vacation. She and her company have actually concurred in writing that she will receive 4 percent trip pay on each paycheque.
1. Calculate Tegan’s regular wages earned:.
$ 120 each day X 3 days = $360 each week.
$ 360 per week X 4 weeks = $1,440.
2. Calculate her getaway pay payable:.
$ 4.80 each day (4% of $120) X 3 days = $14.40 each week.
$ 14.40 weekly X 4 weeks = $57.60.
3. Combine her regular incomes made and holiday 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 getaway pay
Bertie does not work a set variety of hours each day 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 four per cent getaway pay on each pay cheque.
1. Bertie’s regular earnings made during the four work weeks before the vacation are $1,500.
2. Calculate her holiday pay payable:.
$ 1,500 X 4% = $60.
3. Total her regular earnings earned and trip 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 gets trip pay before she goes on trip. On June 10, she went on a 17-week pregnancy leave, followed by a 35-week adult leave.
During her leaves, she was not paid earnings or getaway pay. She received maternity and parental gain from the federal Employment Insurance program, but these advantages are not considered “salaries.”
Zoe is entitled to receive public vacation pay for the public holidays that fall during her leave as long as she works her last regularly scheduled day before her leave and her first routinely arranged day after her leave, or has sensible 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 holiday. Her public holiday spend for Canada Day is:
– Regular earnings earned: $120 a day X 7 days = $840.
– Vacation pay payable: $0 (she was not on vacation throughout the 4 work week period).
– Public vacation pay: ($ 840 + $0) ÷ 20 = $42 public holiday pay.
Her public holiday spend for the rest of the public holidays that fall throughout her leave will be $0. This is due to the fact that she will not have actually made any incomes or holiday pay on any of the days throughout the four work weeks before each of those holidays.
Example: When an employee is on a layoff
Eugene generally works five days a week, making $100 a day. He was put on short-term layoff on November 15. During his layoff, Eugene was not paid incomes or getaway pay. He got work insurance benefits during this time, but these benefits are ruled out “wages.”
Eugene was remembered to work on December 27. He is entitled to be paid public vacation spend for Christmas Day and Boxing Day as long as he works his last regularly arranged day before the layoff and his first routinely set up day after the layoff, or has reasonable cause for stopping working to do so.
However, due to the fact that Eugene did not make any earnings or getaway pay in the four work weeks before those two public holidays, the amount of public vacation pay he is entitled to will be $0.
Premium pay
Premium pay is 1 1/2 times an employee’s routine rate of pay. If a worker is entitled to receive superior pay for deal with a public holiday, they need to 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 holiday is another working day off work that is designated to change a public holiday. Employees are entitled to be paid public vacation spend for a substitute holiday.
A substitute vacation need to be arranged for a day that is no later than three months after the public vacation for which it was made, or, if the staff member has agreed digitally or in writing, the alternative day of rest can be arranged as much as 12 months after the general public vacation.
If an employee receives an alternative holiday, the employer must supply the employee with a composed declaration that sets out the public vacation that is being replaced, the date of the substitute holiday, and the date that the statement was offered to the worker. This declaration must be supplied to the employee before the general public holiday.
Entitlements for public vacations
Entitlements for public vacations differ depending on such things as whether the vacation falls on a working day or a non-working day and whether the worker works on the vacation. The various privileges are set out listed below.
When a public holiday falls on a working day however the worker does not work
Most employees have the right to get the general public vacation off and get paid public vacation pay. (Some employees might be needed to work on a public holiday. See “Special guidelines for certain industries” later in this chapter.)
When a public holiday falls on a staff member’s non-working day or during a staff member’s vacation
When a public vacation falls on a day that is not ordinarily a working day for an employee, or throughout the employee’s getaway, the worker is entitled to either:
– a replacement holiday off with public vacation pay;.
or.
– public holiday pay for the general public holiday, if the worker consents to this digitally or in writing (in this case, the employee will not be provided a substitute day off).
When a worker who gets approved for the day of rest has concurred digitally or in writing to work on a public vacation
Most staff members have the right to get the general public vacation off and get paid public vacation pay. However, if a staff member agrees electronically or in writing to deal with the public vacation, there are 2 alternatives:
– the staff member is entitled to receive regular incomes for all hours dealt with the general public holiday, plus an alternative day of rest deal with public holiday pay;.
or.
– if the staff member concurs digitally or in composing, they are entitled to public vacation pay for the public vacation plus premium spend for all hours dealt with the public holiday. In this case, the staff member will not be provided an alternative day of rest.
Example: Calculating public holiday pay plus premium pay
A public vacation falls on among John-Duncan’s typical working days. He and his employer have actually concurred electronically or in writing that he will work on the general public holiday which, instead of getting a substitute vacation, he will be paid public vacation pay plus premium pay for all the hours he works on the vacation.
John-Duncan routinely works eight hours a day, five days a week. His regular hourly pay rate is $20. He has dealt with all his scheduled work days in the four work weeks before the public holiday. He works eight hours on the general public vacation. He gets his trip pay when his holiday is taken. He was not on vacation throughout the 4 work weeks leading up to the public vacation
Step 1: compute public vacation pay:
1. Calculate John-Duncan’s overall routine incomes earned in the 4 work weeks before the public holiday:
8 hours per day X $20 per hour = $160 per day
$ 160 per day X 5 days = $800 per week
$ 800 X 4 work weeks = $3,200.
John-Duncan earned $3,200 in the four work weeks before the public vacation.
2. Calculate the amount of getaway pay payable with respect to the four work week duration:.
John-Duncan gets his vacation pay when he takes his holiday. Because he was not on trip throughout the four work week duration, the quantity of vacation pay payable with regard to the 4 work weeks before the public holiday = $0.
3. Total his overall salaries made and vacation pay and divide the sum by 20:.
$ 3,200 + $0 = $3,200.
$ 3,200 ÷ 20 = $160.
John-Duncan’s public vacation pay entitlement is $160.
Step 2: determine exceptional pay
Finally, the premium pay owing to John-Duncan for his work on the 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 worker accepts work on a public holiday but fails to do so
If an employee has agreed electronically or in writing to work on the general public vacation however does refrain from doing so – and does not have sensible cause for not having actually done so – the employee has no right to public vacation pay or to a substitute day off with pay.
However, if the staff member has sensible cause for not working the general public holiday, then entitlements will depend on which of the two options listed below the staff member selected in exchange for concurring to work on the general public holiday:
– if the employee had concurred electronically or in composing to work on the public vacation for regular salaries plus a substitute day of rest with public holiday pay, the worker is entitled to a substitute day off deal with public vacation pay;.
or.
– if the staff member had actually agreed digitally or in writing to deal with the general public holiday for public holiday pay plus premium pay for each hour worked, they are entitled to be paid public vacation spend for the vacation. The worker is not entitled to receive any superior pay due to the fact that they did not perform any deal with the holiday.
When an employee works only a few of the hours they consented to deal with a public holiday
If an employee has concurred digitally or in composing to deal with the general public vacation however works only a few of the hours they accepted work, and does not have sensible cause for failing to work all of the hours, the staff member is just entitled to receive exceptional spend for each hour worked on the vacation. The employee has no right to public holiday pay or a substitute day off work.
Example: A common case
Trudi had agreed in composing that she would work eight hours on Canada Day but she only worked four hours and did not have reasonable cause for stopping working to work the other four hours. Trudi is entitled just to premium pay for referall.us the 4 hours she dealt with the holiday. She is not entitled to public holiday pay or to a substitute day of rest work.
However, if the worker has sensible cause for working just some of the hours they consented to work on the general public holiday, then:
– the staff member is entitled to their regular rate for all the hours worked plus an alternative day off deal with public vacation pay;.
or.
– if the staff member had agreed electronically or in composing to work on the general public vacation 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 dealt with the vacation.
Special rules for particular markets
Special guidelines apply to employees who work in the following types of businesses:
– hotels, motels and tourist resorts;.
– restaurants and taverns;.
– healthcare facilities and assisted living home;.
– continuous operations (which are operations, or parts of operations, that do not stop or close more than once a week – such as an oil refinery, alarm-monitoring business or the video games part of a gambling establishment if the games tables are open all the time).
An employee who works in any of these businesses can be needed to work on a public vacation without their arrangement, however only if the holiday falls on a day that the worker would normally work and the staff member is not on getaway.
If a worker is needed to work, they are entitled to either:
– their regular rate for the hours worked on the public vacation, plus a substitute day of rest work with public holiday pay;.
or.
– public vacation pay plus premium spend for each hour worked.
The company picks which of these choices will use.
Note that the company’s capability to require employees to work on a public vacation goes through the employee’s right to take a day of rest for functions of religious observance under the Ontario Human Rights Code, and to the terms of the staff member’s employment agreement. Note likewise that specific retail workers who work in constant operations (for instance, a 24-hour convenience shop) have the right to refuse to work on a public vacation because of the special rules that use to some retail employees. See the “Retail workers” chapter of this guide for more details.
A worker in the formerly listed services who is required to deal with a public vacation that falls on their regular working day however fails to do so, with affordable cause, is entitled to:
– a substitute holiday with public vacation pay;.
or.
– public vacation spend for the vacation.
The company chooses which alternative will use.
An employee in any of these organizations who is needed to deal with a public vacation that falls on their ordinary working day but who stops working, with affordable cause, to work some of the hours they were required to work on the holiday is entitled to either:
– their regular rate for each hour dealt with the holiday plus a replacement vacation with public vacation pay;.
or.
– public holiday pay for the vacation plus premium spend for each hour worked.
The company selects which alternative will use.
An employee in any of these organizations who is required to work on a public vacation that falls on their normal working day however who fails, without sensible cause, to work part or all of the public holiday is just entitled to receive exceptional pay for each hour worked on the holiday (if any). The worker has no right to public vacation pay or a substitute day of rest work.
Overtime calculations when a worker gets exceptional pay
Any hours worked on a public holiday that are compensated with superior pay are not included when determining whether a staff member has actually worked any overtime hours.
If work ends
Sometimes an employee’s job concerns an end before the staff member can take a substitute holiday with public vacation pay that they have earned. In this case, the should pay the staff member’s public vacation pay at the very same time it pays the employee’s final earnings. This is so despite the reason the job pertained to an end, whether it is because the employee gave up, was fired for excellent reason, or for some other factor.