Ontario stat holiday pay
Public holiday pay is your regular wages earned in the 4 work weeks before the work week of the holiday, plus vacation pay payable for those weeks, divided by 20. Regular wages leave out overtime, premium pay and termination pay.
Public holiday pay is your regular wages earned in the 4 work weeks before the work week of the holiday, plus vacation pay payable for those weeks, divided by 20. Regular wages leave out overtime, premium pay and termination pay.
If you work the holiday you get public holiday pay plus 1.5 times your regular rate for the hours worked, or, if you agree in writing, your regular wages plus a substitute day off with holiday pay.
Who qualifies
- There is no minimum length of service: new employees qualify.
- You lose holiday pay if, without reasonable cause, you do not work all of your last regularly scheduled day before the holiday, or all of your first regularly scheduled day after it.
Working on the holiday
If you work the holiday you get public holiday pay plus 1.5 times your regular rate for the hours worked, or, if you agree in writing, your regular wages plus a substitute day off with holiday pay.
See all the dates on the Ontario stat holidays page. Sources: Ontario: Your guide to the Employment Standards Act, Public holidays