General Holiday Calculator

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If you work in multi-employer longshoring, this calculator will not address your needs. Please refer to our Contact Us page if you require further information.

This tool is provided to estimate general holiday entitlement and pay under the Canada Labour Code, Part III for general holidays occurring AFTER March 16, 2015.

This tool does not create a Labour Standards Complaint nor will it start an investigation by Employment and Social Development Canada – Labour Program. If incorrect information is used, this tool will produce incorrect results. This tool does not provide specific advice or recommendations. In addition, there may also be other factors that affect the outcome and an investigation by the Labour Program could produce a different result.

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Using The General Holiday Calculator

• This general holiday calculator is intended for use by employees NOT covered by a collective agreement who wish to estimate their minimum entitlements under Federal Labour Standards. If you are covered by a collective agreement you should consult with your union representative.
• This calculator provides results for most standard employment situations. There are many unique situations which cannot be addressed in a general calculator. If you are unsure of your situation, you should speak with your employer or contact us.
• To use this general holiday calculator you should have copies of your detailed pay stubs and hours worked. The more accurately you enter information, the more accurate your results will be.
• You will be asked a series of questions which will determine whether you are eligible for
  • time off for a general holiday,
  • general holiday pay, and
  • additional pay if you worked on the general holiday
• If you are eligible, you will be given the opportunity to calculate your approximate entitlement.

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Select a General Holiday

If the day you wish to select is not listed then pick the option "Substituted Day (Pursuant to section 195)". You will be given the opportunity to select any day from the calendar which appears. All calculations will be based on the date you select as a general holiday.

Note

The Labour Program can only recover general holiday pay owed going back two years from either the date of a complaint or from a date of termination.

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Are you a manager or a working professional (architectural, dental, engineering, legal or medical professional)?

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Answer Yes if you are a manager or superintendent who exercises management functions.
Answer Yes if you are working as a professional member of the architectural, dental, engineering, legal or medical professions. For more detailed information on mangers and superintendents, refer to IPG-049 - Clarification on Excluded Employees.

Continuous operations do not run on a fixed, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm work schedule. These types of operations run "continuously", without stopping their operations for holidays or weekends.
General Holidays - Continuous Operations
“Employed in a continuous operation” means, in respect of an employee, employment in
(a) any industrial establishment in which, in each seven-day period, operations once begun normally continue without cessation until the completion of the regularly scheduled operations for that period;
(b) any operations or services concerned with the running of trains, planes, ships, trucks or other vehicles, whether in scheduled or non-scheduled operations;
(c) any telephone, radio, television, telegraph or other communication or broadcasting operations or services; or
(d) any operation or service normally carried on without regard to Sundays or general holidays.
Continuous operations do not have the luxury of shutting down for holidays or only operating during normal business hours such as Monday to Friday from 9 to 5. These types of operations run "continuously", without regard to holidays or weekends. As a result, special provisions exist in the law to accommodate these operations.

The Canada Labour Code, Part III does not prohibit work on a general holiday.

A person is deemed to be in the employment of another person when they are available at the call of that other person, whether or not they are called on to perform any work.

A person is deemed to be in the employment of another person when they are available at the call of that other person, whether or not they are called on to perform any work.

The Canada Labour Code, Part III does not prohibit work on a general holiday.

Help on question :013 7. Longshoring ? (Reg 19) ?
“Longshoring employment” means employment in the loading or unloading of ship’s cargo and in operations related to the loading or unloading of ship’s cargo;

You were paid in whole or in part by commissions or similar amounts. These payments were based on the volume of sales made or the contracts negotiated.

Help on question : 016 Multi or Separate?

Help on question : 022 7. Longshoring ? (Reg 19)
“Longshoring employment” means employment in the loading or unloading of ship’s cargo and in operations related to the loading or unloading of ship’s cargo;

Help on question : 023 Multi or Separate ?

Help on question : 024 7. Longshoring ? (Reg 19)
“Longshoring employment” means employment in the loading or unloading of ship’s cargo and in operations related to the loading or unloading of ship’s cargo;

You were paid in whole or in part by commissions or similar amounts. These payments were based on the volume of sales made or the contracts negotiated.

Help on question : 029 6. Are you paid on a basis other than time OR do your wages differ?

Help on question : 030 6. Are you paid on a basis other than time OR do your wages differ?

A person is deemed to be in the employment of another person when they are available at the call of that other person, whether or not they are called on to perform any work.

Where there is no actual provision for "booking off" on a general holiday in a continuous operation, and you are called to work for the general holiday, if you do not report for work on that day then the employer does not have to pay the employee for the general holiday.

If an employer schedules an employee to work on a general holiday and the employee does not report to work on that day, the employer is not required to pay that employee for the general holiday. It should be noted however that an employee simply stating a preference ahead of time as to days off, does not mean that an employee would refuse a shift if one was scheduled.

Some collective agreements or company policies allow employees to make themselves unavailable for work. The collective agreement or company policy must establish a practice that allows an employee to remove their name from a future work schedule for a specific time period; which in effect does not allow the employer to schedule the employee for work during that time period. If an employee is unavailable to work on a general holiday, the employer does not have to pay the employee for the general holiday.

Help on question : 044 7. Longshoring? (CLSR 19)
“Longshoring employment” means employment in the loading or unloading of ship’s cargo and in operations related to the loading or unloading of ship’s cargo;

Help on question : 045 Multi or Separate?
“Multi-employer unit” means an association of employers designated by the Minister as a multi-employer unit.

You were paid in whole or in part by commissions or similar amounts. These payments were based on the volume of sales made or the contracts negotiated.

A person is deemed to be in the employment of another person when they are available at the call of that other person, whether or not they are called on to perform any work.

The employee may be paid for the actual hours worked on the general holiday, plus a holiday with pay at some other time, which is convenient to both the employee and the employer.

If you are covered by a collective agreement you should consult with your union representative.

Help on question : 055 7. Longshoring? (Reg 19)

Help on question : 056 Multi or Separate?

You were paid in whole or in part by commissions or similar amounts. These payments were based on the volume of sales made or the contracts negotiated.

Help on question : 067 6. Are you paid on a basis other than time OR do your wages differ?

Help on question : 031 6. Are you paid on a basis other than time OR do your wages differ?

Help on question : 064 6. Are you paid on a basis other than time OR do your wages differ?

A person is deemed to be in the employment of another person when they are available at the call of that other person, whether or not they are called on to perform any work.

A person is deemed to be in the employment of another person when they are available at the call of that other person, whether or not they are called on to perform any work.

A person is deemed to be in the employment of another person when they are available at the call of that other person, whether or not they are called on to perform any work.

A person is deemed to be in the employment of another person when they are available at the call of that other person, whether or not they are called on to perform any work.

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