Yukon
General Minimum Wage: $13.80 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:
Thanksgiving Day – Monday, October 12, 2020
Remembrance Day – Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Average Workers’ Comp Assessment Rate: $2.09 per $100.
Minimum Wage Rates Across Canada
September 26th: End of CERB program (although applications accepted until Oct. 3)
September 27th: EI enhancements + new CRB, CRCB, CRSB benefits take effect
September 30th: Deadline for students to apply for CESB payments
October 3rd: Last day to apply for YEWISP relief payments
October 30th: End of EI Pilot Project providing extended benefits to seasonal workers in select geographic regions
October 31st: End of CEBA program
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