In all Provinces and Territories, statutory pay is required per each Provinces regulations.
Please select the applicable Province or Territory to review the Provincial regulations.
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British Columbia Employees receive statutory holiday pay if they:
- Have been employed for 30 calendar days
and
- Have worked or earned wages (like paid vacation days or another statutory holiday) on 15 of the 30 days before a statutory holiday
Some people think employees only need to work the day before and the day after to qualify for statutory holiday pay. This isn't the case in B.C.
If an employee does not qualify for statutory holiday pay, they are paid regular pay for working on a statutory holiday.
Some employees do not receive statutory holiday pay. Check the Employment Standards Regulation for more information:
- Section 33 Nursing students and volunteer fire fighters
- Section 34.1 Farm workers
- Section 36 Managers
- Section 37 Fishers
- 37.8(2) High technology professionals
- 37.9(8) Silviculture workers – if they get four percent on each pay cheque in lieu
- 37.14 (1) Commission sales – if all wages earned in the pay period would be greater than amount earned at base rate (or minimum wage) plus overtime and stats
- 37.14(4) Car and truck sales – if they get 4% on each paycheque in lieu
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Footnotes:
- If you are not a current CDNPayroll client, applicable fees shall apply and your submission is with understanding that you will provide immediate payment.
