Additionally, employers who have implemented the new public
holiday pay formula into their human resources information systems or payroll systems will need to ensure these systems are changed back to the old public
holiday pay formula come July 1, 2018.
On May 7, 2018, the Ontario Ministry of Labour announced a new regulation, Regulation 375/18, that will reinstate the pre-Bill 148 public
holiday pay formula.
As Ontario employers already know, the public
holiday pay formula in Part X of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) was amended by Bill 148 effective Jan. 1, 2018.
On May 7, 2018, the Ministry of Labour announced a new regulation, Regulation 375/18, that will reinstate the pre-Bill 148 public
holiday pay formula.
As Ontario employers already know, the public
holiday pay formula in Part X of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the «ESA») was amended by Bill 148 effective January 1, 2018.
Beginning July 1, 2018, the public
holiday pay formula will revert back to the formula in effect before Bill 148.
The change back is due to complaints from employers who have been grappling with the new public
holiday pay formula.
Not exact matches
The
formula effectively prorates
holiday pay for employees who work less than five days per week.
Under the
formula which was then introduced, public
holiday pay was based on the regular wages earned in the
pay period prior to the public
holiday, divided by the number of days worked in the relevant
pay period.
The ESA provides a complicated
formula to determine how much
pay an employee is entitled to on a public
holiday.
There will be a new
formula for the calculation of «public
holiday pay», which divides the wages earned in the
pay period immediately preceding the
pay period of the public
holiday by the number of days actually worked to earn those wages.
The amendments include the introduction of a new «
holiday pay»
formula and the elimination of certain qualifying requirements.
Relaxing the restrictions on
holiday pay eligibility, and clarifying the
formula by which
holiday pay is to be calculated.
The
formula in Bill 148 resulted in employers
paying significantly more public
holiday pay to part - time and casual employees than the pre-Bill 148
formula.
This means that the upcoming Victoria Day
holiday must be
paid using the new
formula that requires employers to divide an employee's regular wages earned in the
pay period prior to the
holiday by the number of days the employee worked in the
pay period.
Amendments will relax the restrictions on
holiday pay eligibility and clarify the
formula by which
holiday pay is to be calculated, including:
This new
formula required employers to calculate public
holiday pay based on the regular wages earned in the
pay period before the public
holiday, divided by the number of days the employee worked in that
pay period.