Yukon Leave & Compensation

All you need to know about employee’s leave, compensation, statutory holidays, vacation and other entitlements under the Yukon Employment Standards Act  

Sick Days: 1 day unpaid Sick Leave for each month worked up to 12 days per year 

Leaves of Absence (all leaves are unpaid unless specified otherwise):    

• 17 consecutive weeks’ Maternity Leave 
• 63 weeks’ Parental Leave 
• 1 week Bereavement Leave to attend the funeral of a family member 
• 28 weeks’ Compassionate Care Leave to support or care for a family member with a serious medical condition who’s at risk of death within 26 weeks 
• 37 weeks’ Critically Ill Child Leave to care for a critically ill child family member  
• 17 weeks’ Critically Ill Adult Leave to care for a critically ill adult family member 
• 10 days’ Domestic or Sexualized Violence Leave, the first 5 days of which must be paid for employees with at least 3 months’ employment 
• 15 weeks’ Domestic or Sexualized Violence Leave for employees with at least 3 months’ employment 
• Reservist Leave for as long as necessary for employees to perform their reservist duties 
• 52 weeks’ Crime-Related Child Disappearance Leave if employee’s child disappears as a probable result of a crime  
• 104 weeks’ Crime-Related Child Death Leave if employee’s child dies as a probable result of a crime  

Vacation: Employee must work 1 full year to be 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, National Indigenous Peoples Day, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Discovery Day, Labour Day, National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day 

Stat Holiday Pay Entitlement: To be eligible for stat holiday pay, employees must:  

• Be employed 30 calendar days before the holiday 
• Work their last scheduled shift before the holiday and first scheduled shift after the holiday, unless the absence is a sick day or other absence permitted by the ESA 
• Work on the holiday if called to work 

Stat Holiday Pay Amount: 

(If worked): Either: 

• Time and a half for the hours worked on the holiday plus a regular day’s pay 
• Regular pay for the hours worked on the holiday plus another paid day off or paid vacation day 

(If not worked): Regular day’s pay  

PAY:  
Minimum Wage: $17.94 

Standard Work Hours: 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week  

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: 
Average Workers’ Comp Assessment Rate 2026: $2.11 per $100 assessable payroll
Workers’ Comp Maximum Assessable/Insurable Earnings 2026: $107,599