Federal stat holiday pay
General holiday pay is at least 1/20 of the wages (without overtime) you earned in the 4 weeks before the week of the holiday. Commission employees with 12 or more weeks of service get 1/60 of the wages earned in the 12 weeks before.
General holiday pay is at least 1/20 of the wages (without overtime) you earned in the 4 weeks before the week of the holiday. Commission employees with 12 or more weeks of service get 1/60 of the wages earned in the 12 weeks before.
If you work the holiday you get 1.5 times your wage for the time worked plus holiday pay. Continuous operations may give a holiday with pay at another time instead; managers and professionals get regular pay plus a substitute day.
Who qualifies
- Applies to federally regulated workplaces: banks, airlines, interprovincial trucking and rail, telecom, broadcasting, federal Crown corporations and similar.
- There is no minimum length of service.
Working on the holiday
If you work the holiday you get 1.5 times your wage for the time worked plus holiday pay. Continuous operations may give a holiday with pay at another time instead; managers and professionals get regular pay plus a substitute day.
See all the dates on the Federal stat holidays page. Sources: Government of Canada: General holidays (federal jurisdiction) · Canada Labour Code, sections 192–197