Cancelling casual employee shift

[Kailyn Mayer]

#93348

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Hi Team,
We have a casual employee in BC, who only attends the office for scheduled appointments (sonographer). A client cancelled the appointment. The employee was informed 2 days in advance of the cancelled shift/appointment.
What is the minimum time requirement to inform casual employees of a cancelled shift?
Would the employer be responsible for paying the employee for the cancelled shift provided they give enough notice time/not enough notice time?
Thank you,
Kailyn

[Haley O’Halloran]

#93350

Hi there! Two days is ample notice for a casual employee, especially considering the minimum time requirement usually falls between a few hours to one day for most jurisdictions. If they were a permanent full-time employee, you would need to give them at least 48 hours notice of their shift cancellation or else you would have to pay them for 3 hours of their scheduled shift. Since you gave them fair warning about the cancelled appointment and they are hired as a casual employee, you are not required to pay them for the shift unless there is something written in their contract that would expressly go against that policy. Thank you for your question!

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