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Manitoba Leave & Compensation

Minimum Wage

$16.00 per hour

Separate Minimum Wages

Skilled Tradesperson Trainee 1 (<1,200 cumulative hours worked in trade): Depends on trade. Skilled Tradesperson Trainee 2 (1,200 to 2,399 cumulative hours worked in trade): Depends on trade. Skilled Tradesperson Trainee 3 (2,400 or more cumulative hours worked in trade): Depends on trade.

Standard Work Hours

8 hours per day and 40 hours per week, unless an averaging permit applies.  

Sick Days

3 unpaid days' Family Responsibility Leave for employees with at least 30 days of employment.

Average Workers’ Comp Assessment Rate 2026

$0.95 per $100 assessable payroll

Workers’ Comp Maximum Assessable/Insurable Earnings 2026

$171,500

All leaves are unpaid unless specified otherwise

5 days' Bereavement Leave for death of a family member plus days' Bereavement Leave to deal with the loss of a pregnancy. 

17 weeks' Maternity Leave 

63 weeks' Parental Leave

27 weeks' Long-Term Illness or Injury Leave for employees with at least 90 days' employment who must miss work for at least 2 weeks due to an injury or illness

28 weeks' Compassionate Care Leave to support a critically ill family member

10 days' plus 17 consecutive weeks' Interpersonal Violence Leave, the first 5 days of which are paid for employees with at least 90 days' service, if the employee or their dependent is impacted by interpersonal violence

Critical Illness Leave

  • 37 weeks' to care for a child family member under age 18
  • 17 weeks' to care for a critically ill adult family member

Reservist Leave for reservists with at least 3 months' consecutive employment for as long as the employee needs to be away from work to fulfill their reservist duties

52 weeks' Child Disappearance Leave if employee's child disappears as a result of a crime

104 weeks' Child Death Leave if employee's child dies as a result of a crime

13 weeks' Organ Donation Leave to donate an organ or tissue to another person

4 hours' Citizenship Ceremony Leave for employees to attend their Canadian citizenship ceremony

Employee must work 1 full year with same employer before being entitled to paid vacation time: 

  • 2 weeks' vacation with pay after 1 year of employment with the same employer, payable at 4% of vacationable earnings 
  • 3 weeks' vacation with pay after 5 consecutive years of employment with the same employer, payable at 6% of vacationable earnings 

Statutory Holidays

New Year's Day Victoria Day National Day for Truth & Reconciliation
Louis Riel Day Canada Day Thanksgiving Day
Good Friday Labour Day Christmas Day

 

Stat Holiday Pay Eligibility

All employees qualify for stat holiday pay unless they: i. Are scheduled to work on a general holiday, but are absent without the employer’s permission; or ii. Are absent without the employer’s permission from their last scheduled workday before the holiday, or their first scheduled workday after the holiday. 

Stat Holiday Pay

If worked: Time and a half for hours worked on the holiday plus a regular day’s pay 

If not worked: A regular day’s pay