British Columbia Day – August 3, 2009 – Statutory holiday
Posted by admin on 02 Aug 2009 at 03:10 am | Tagged as: Hiring A Nanny, Nanny Services
British Columbia Day – August 3, 2009 – is a statutory holiday
The first Monday of August is a legal holiday to be observed as “British Columbia Day”.
According to the Ministry of Labour ” to be eligible for statutory holiday pay an employee must:
* Have been employed for 30 calendar days before the statutory holiday and,
* Have worked or earned wages on 15 of the 30 days immediately before the statutory holiday.
Employees who work under an averaging agreement or variance at any time in the 30 days before the holiday do not have to meet the 15-day requirement.
No pay for ineligible employees
An employee who is not eligible for statutory holiday pay is not entitled to be paid an average day’s pay. If an ineligible employee works on a statutory holiday he or she may be paid as if it were a regular work day.
Exclusions
Specific regulations exclude certain groups such as managers, agriculture workers, some commission salespersons, and high technology professionals from the statutory holiday provisions of the Act. Please see the factsheets relating to these groups.
Statutory holiday on a day off
When an employee is given a day off on a statutory holiday, or it falls on a regular day off, an eligible employee is entitled to be paid an average day’s pay.
An average day’s pay is calculated by dividing “total wages” earned in the 30 calendar days before the statutory holiday by the number of days worked. Vacation days taken during this period count as days worked.
“Total wages” includes wages, commissions, statutory holiday pay and vacation pay but does not include overtime pay.
Working on a statutory holiday
An eligible employee who works on a statutory holiday is entitled to be paid:
o time-and-a-half for the first 12 hours worked and double-time for any work over 12 hours; plus
o an average day’s pay.
Substituting statutory holidays
An employer and a majority of employees can agree to substitute another day off for a statutory holiday. The Act and Regulation apply to the substitute day as if it were the statutory holiday.”
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