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Statutory Holiday
Statutory holidays exist on a federal level; there are additional holidays for each province and territory. All employees are entitled to "Stat Holiday Pay". Each province has its own guidelines on qualifying for a Statutory Holiday, and how an employee is paid if he or she works on the Statutory Holiday. Here are some examples of how Stat Holiday Pay is calculated in the different provinces:
Ontario
Qualified employees can be full time, part time, permanent, or on contract. It does not matter how recently they were hired or how many days they worked before the public holiday. The amount of public holiday pay to which an employee is entitled is all of the regular wages earned by the employee in the four work weeks before the work week with the public holiday, plus any vacation pay payable to the employee in the four work weeks, divided by 20.
British Columbia
To be eligible, an employee must have been employed 30 calendar days before the holiday and have worked or earned wages on 15 of the 30 days immediately before the statutory holiday. An employee must be paid an average day’s pay. It is calculated by dividing total wages earned in the 30 calendar days before the holiday by the number of days worked. Vacation days taken in this period counts as work days.
Alberta
Employees who have worked for the employer for at least 30 working days or more in the 12 months (one year) before the holiday are eligible for payment, and must be paid an average day’s pay. An average day’s pay is:
1. For employees who have been employed by the same employer for 9 work weeks or more immediately preceding the holiday, it is the daily average wage averaged over the days worked.
2. For employees who have been employed by the same employer for less than 9 weeks immediately preceding the holiday, is a daily average over the days worked during the employee’s employment with the employer.
Saskatchewan
Employees earn Stat Holiday Pay equal to 5% of their wages in the previous four weeks.
Manitoba
Employees that consistently work the same number of hours get one regular work day’s pay as Stat Holiday Pay. For employees whose hours of work vary, pay is calculated at 5% of the gross wages (excluding overtime) in the 4 week period immediately before the holiday. The length that the employee works for the employer does not affect the pay.
Quebec
All full and part time employees are entitled to Stat Holiday Pay. The amountof public holiday pay to which an employee is entitled is all of the regular wages (excluding overtime) earned by the employee in the four work weeks before the work week with the public holiday, plus any vacation pay payable to the employee in the four work weeks, divided by 20.