General Minimum Wage: $13.46 per hour
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, Christmad Day and National Aboriginal Day.
Upcoming Statutory Holidays: Good Friday – Friday, April 2nd
Average Workers’ Comp Assessment Rate 2020: $2.40 per $100
Maximum Assessable/Insurable Earnings 2021: TBA
Minimum Wage Rates Across Canada
January 29, 2021 – Nationwide – Deadline to apply for funding under Canada Summer Jobs program
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