Northwest Territories
General Minimum Wage: $13.46 per hour
Scheduled Increases:
• Reviewed every 2 years although increase not required
Overtime Pay: 1,5 times the employees wage rate.
Overtime Hours: Daily Overtime – All hours worked over 8 hours in a day. Weekly Overtime – All hours worked over 40 hours in a week.
Statutory Holiday Pay: Stat Pay (If worked): Time and a half or regular pay plus alternate day. Stat Pay (If not worked): Average day’s pay.
Sick Days: 5 days.
Vacation: Must work 1 full year before entitled to vacation time.
Entitled to 2 weeks of vacation after each of the first 5 years of employment and must be paid at least 4% of vacationable earnings.
Entitled to 3 weeks of vacation after 6 consecutive years of employment and paid at least 6% of vacationable earnings.
Statutory Holidays: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, First Monday of August, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and National Aboriginal Day.
Upcoming Statutory Holidays:
- Good Friday – Friday, April 2, 2021
- Easter Monday – Monday, April 5, 2021
- Victoria Day – Monday, May 24, 2021
Average Workers’ Comp Assessment Rate 2021: $2.40 per $100
Maximum Assessable/Insurable Earnings 2021: $97, 300
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August 31, 2021 – Deadline to Wage Top-Up for low-wage workers
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