With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it is good to review the labour standards applicable to
statutory general holidays like Labour day and Thanksigiving day (which will fall on October 10, 2011 this year) for the province of Québec.
The point going beyond the particular facts was that raised by the workers» primary argument, namely whether there is any
general principle that
statutory holiday must be during «working time», a point potentially of significance elsewhere, for example in other cases of extended shift working or (an example featuring largely in the arguments) in the case of teachers or university lecturers who are required to take
holidays out of term time, for obvious reasons.