Not sure what the holiday pay rules are? Confused about how to schedule for the Easter holidays? Employment law for holidays can be complicated, but CFIB has simplified it for you.
To qualify for holiday pay, employees must have worked their last regularly scheduled day/shift before the holiday and their first regularly scheduled day/shift after the holiday. This applies to both full-time and part-time employees.
Your employee can agree electronically or in writing to work on the holiday and be paid:
- their regular wages for all hours worked on the public holiday and receive another substitute holiday for which they must be paid public holiday pay.
or
- public holiday pay plus premium pay for all hours worked on the public holiday and not receive another day off (called a “substitute” holiday)
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