Religious holiday

Good Friday, Easter and Passover in 2018

March 29, 2018 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Wages and Compensation

Good Friday, observed on March 30 this year, is a statutory (public) holiday recognized across Canada. Depending on the jurisdiction, most employees are entitled to a day off with regular pay or public holiday pay.

average day’s pay, Day off with pay, duty to accommodate, employment law, floater days, Public Holiday, Public Holiday Pay, religious belief, Religious holiday, religious observance, retail holiday, Statutory Holiday, Time off with pay

St-Jean Baptiste Day/National Holiday, a public holiday in Quebec

June 22, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources

June 24 is Quebec’s official holiday and all employees in Quebec are entitled to the holiday. Public holiday pay for the holiday is equivalent to…

Act Respecting Labour Standards, Commission des Normes du Travail, Droit du travail, employment law, Fete Nationale, National holiday, Paid day off, Public Holiday, public holidays, Quebec, Religious holiday, St-Jean Baptiste Day, St. John the Baptist Day, Statutory Holiday, statutory holidays

Good Friday, a public (statutory) holiday, Passover and Easter

April 5, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits

On Friday April 6, 2012, also known as Good Friday, employees across Canada get a day off with regular pay or public holiday pay (depending on the jurisdiction). If the employee is required to work on the holiday, the employee must be paid regular wages and get a substituted day off with pay at a later date (depending on the jurisdiction).

Day off, duty to accommodate, Easter, employment law, Good Friday, Labour Law, Passover, Public Holiday, Public Holiday Pay, public holidays, Religious holiday, Religious holidays, Statutory Holiday, statutory holidays, time off from work

June 24, Quebec St-Jean Baptiste Day/National Holiday

June 24, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources

In Quebec, June 24 is la Fête nationale, the province’s national holiday and celebration of French Canadian culture. All employees in Quebec are entitled to the holiday…

Act Respecting Labour Standards, Commission des Normes du Travail, employment law, Fete Nationale, National holiday, Public Holiday, Public Holiday Pay, Quebec, Religious holiday, St-Jean Baptiste Day, St. John the Baptist Day, statutory public holiday