General Minimum Wage: $13.71 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: (If worked): Time and a half plus regular pay or regular pay plus alternate day. (If not worked): Regular day’s pay.
Sick Days: 1-12 days.
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.
Statutory Holidays: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Discovery Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day and Christmas Day.
Upcoming Statutory Holidays: Good Friday – Friday, April 2nd
Average Workers’ Comp Assessment Rate 2021: $2.07 per $100
Maximum Assessable / Insurable Earnings 2021: $91,930
Minimum Wage Rates Across Canada
January 29, 2021 – Nationwide – Deadline to apply for funding under Canada Summer Jobs program
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