Acts and Regulations

E-7.2 - Employment Standards Act

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Rate of wages for work on public holiday
19(1)Subject to subsection 18(5), where an employee works on a public holiday the employer shall pay to the employee for time worked not less than one and one-half times their regular rate of wages and, where the employee is entitled to the holiday with pay, their regular wages in addition thereto.
19(1.1)In subsection (1) “regular wages” means the wages the employee would have received had the employee not worked on the public holiday.
19(2)Where an employee works on a public holiday, the hours that the employee works on the public holiday shall not be taken into consideration in calculating any overtime pay to which the employee is entitled for the work week in which the public holiday occurs.
1984, c.42, s.12; 1988, c.59, s.4; 2022, c.33, s.8
Rate of wages for work on public holiday
19(1)Subject to subsection 18(5), where an employee works on a public holiday the employer shall pay to the employee for time worked not less than one and one-half times his regular rate of wages and, where the employee is entitled to the holiday with pay, his regular wages in addition thereto.
19(1.1)In subsection (1) “regular wages” means the wages the employee would have received had he not worked on the public holiday.
19(2)Where an employee works on a public holiday, the hours that the employee works on the public holiday shall not be taken into consideration in calculating any overtime pay to which the employee is entitled for the work week in which the public holiday occurs.
1984, c.42, s.12; 1988, c.59, s.4