Northwest Territories stat holiday pay
If you are paid by the hour, holiday pay is your regular rate times your normal hours. Otherwise it is your average daily wages over the 4 weeks worked before the week of the holiday. It is owed whether or not the holiday falls on a work day.
If you are paid by the hour, holiday pay is your regular rate times your normal hours. Otherwise it is your average daily wages over the 4 weeks worked before the week of the holiday. It is owed whether or not the holiday falls on a work day.
If you work the holiday you get holiday pay plus 1.5 times your wage for the time worked, or a substitute holiday before your next annual vacation.
Who qualifies
- You must have worked at least 30 days for the employer in the 12 months before the holiday.
- You are not entitled if you were required to work the holiday and did not report, or were absent without consent on your last regular working day before or first after it.
Working on the holiday
If you work the holiday you get holiday pay plus 1.5 times your wage for the time worked, or a substitute holiday before your next annual vacation.
See all the dates on the Northwest Territories stat holidays page. Sources: NWT Employment Standards Act · GNWT: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation declared a statutory holiday