General holiday pay would be calculated simply as 5 percent of wages from the previous four weeks worked.
Employees will no longer need to have a full year of service before being eligible for
general holiday pay.
All employees will be eligible for
general holiday pay and regular and non-regular day of work distinction will be eliminated.
Some of the changes being proposed with respect to the Employment Standards Code include: the introduction of new unpaid, job - protected leaves, decreased eligibility thresholds for existing unpaid, job - protected leaves, increasing the rate at which overtime may be banked, changes to the eligibility and calculation of overtime in the context of compressed work weeks, the introduction of additional employee rest periods, changes to the eligibility and calculation of
general holiday pay, amendments to youth employment, the introduction of additional notice requirements in the context of group termination notices, and new enforcement tools to deal with non-compliant employers, including introduction of an administrative penalty system.
Not exact matches
The Inspector
General's report said the
holiday parties, for up to 800 people, cost as much as $ 20,000 a year, but the fair
paid the caterers only a 15 percent tip.
There's conflicting information on this, but in
general, if you've
paid for a group booking, such as tickets or a
holiday for friends or non-immediate family, you should be protected for the full payment.
Just because it's the
holiday season doesn't mean you don't have to
pay for rent, transportation or
general living expenses.
We were disappointed by the hotel food... we discussed it with experienced Great Rail Journey customers (we were first timers) and with a retired tour leader who we know, and the
general feeling was that we would be prepared to
pay rather more for the
holiday for better food... in comparison to the cost of the
holiday, we did not feel that even # 100 - # 150 more per person would be a disincentive.
Employment Standards staff administer and enforce the Employment Standards Code, which establishes minimum standards of employment for employers and employees in the workplace.This site contains information on the minimum standards of employment for employers and employees, including payment of earnings, minimum wage, hours of work and rest periods, overtime and overtime
pay, vacations and vacation
pay,
general holidays and
holiday pay, maternity and parental leave and termination of employment.
The
general rule is that interns do not have
paid holiday per say, but rather off - work days, i.e. days during which the employer allows the intern not to come to work, aside from certain circumstances such as parental leave for which the interns have «proper» leave.
Also if you come into work on the
general holiday your employer must also
pay you your wage at a rate of time and a half for the amount of hours that you worked on the
general holiday, in addition to your regular
pay for the day.
If you work on a
general holiday that falls on a regular workday (a day you were already scheduled to work), then your employer must
pay you your regular
pay for the day.
Holiday
pay is
paid to employees who work on
general holidays (aka statutory
holidays).
If you work on a
general holiday that falls on a day that would not typically be a workday (a weekend for example), then you are entitled to be
paid your wage at a rate of time and a half, but your employer does not have to
pay you your regular
pay on top of this amount (s. 30, Employment Standards Code).
If the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) follow the Advocate
General's recent opinion on
holiday entitlement, for those wrongly classified as self - employed, businesses who dispute entitlement to
paid annual leave could face large
pay outs...
These FAQs provide information about employment law in Alberta and are divided into 12 sections:
General; The difference between employees and independent contractors; Contract of Employment; Employment Standards;
Pay; Overtime; Hours of Work;
General Holidays &
General Holiday
Pay;; Vacations & Vacation
Pay; Maternity & Parental Leave; Termination & Temporary Layoff; and Enforcement of Labour Standards.
Statutory
holiday entitlement accrued during sick leave can be taken as
paid annual leave, according to an opinion by the advocate
general.
If employees work a
general holiday, they receive straight time
pay and either:
I was diagnosed with a serious form of Leukemia over the Xmas 2015
holiday and because of my extremely low white blood cell count was forbidden to travel, interact with people or even eat food not prepared by ourselves by the medical team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NY, of course we cancelled a trip we had planned to India for about $ 16,000 and our Travel Agent submitted the necessary claim and documentation to Allianze Travel Insurance, since then we have got the total run around culminating in them telling my wife who is distressed enough already, finally telling her that our Chase Card is the primary carrier and so they won't
pay which is total BS, I am going to call the NY State Insurance Commission, The State Attorney
General and everyone else who can bring this disgusting company to account are they waiting for me to DIE?
Here's a starter list of possible benefits and perks: medical and dental coverage, disability and life insurance, wellness days, training, deferred compensation, tuition reimbursement,
paid holidays, vacation,
general education, specific training, certification reimbursement,
paid sick leave, child day care, 401 (k) contributions.
Minimum rates of
pay, Annual leave, Public
holidays, Maternity leave, Redundancy payments, Starting a business,
General Employment Permits...