General Minimum Wage: $14.25 per hour
Overtime Hours: Weekly Overtime – All hours worked over 44 hours in a week.
Statutory Holiday Pay:
Sick Days: 3 days a year for sick leave
Other: 2 days bereavement leave and 3 days family responsibility leave
Vacation: Must work 1 full year before entitled to vacation time.
Entitled to 2 weeks of vacation after each of the first year of employment and must be paid at least 4% of vacationable earnings.
After 5 years of employment, entitlement is 3 weeks with 6% vacationable earnings.
Statutory Holidays: New Year’s Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Upcoming Statutory Holidays: Family Day – Monday, February 15th
Average Workers’ Comp Assessable Rate 2021: $1.37 per $100
Maximum Assessable/Insurable Earnings 2020: $102,800
Minimum Wage Rates Across Canada
January 1, 2021 – Changes to Working at Heights (WAH) training rules took effect
January 1, 2021 – AODA website accessibility compliance deadline for employers with 50 or more employees
January 1, 2021 – Deadline to comment on MOL proposal to create mandatory temporary help agencies
January 29, 2021 – Nationwide – Deadline to apply for funding under Canada Summer Jobs program
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