The "calculator" is based on the following principles:
- Each anniversary year, an employee is entitled to 3 weeks of annual
holiday pay. This increases to 4 weeks after 10 years of service.
- For those 3 (or 4) weeks entitlement, the employee gets 3/52nd or 4/52nd
of their total wages for the 12-month anniversary year as their annual vacation pay. This
amount is paid within 14 days of the employee taking their vacation.
- An anniversary year means the day of the month the employee
started to the same day 12 months later less one day. For example, if an employee started
work on February 14, 1998, the individual anniversary date would be February 14 1998 to
February 13, 1999. This anniversary date could also be a common anniversary year
which means that the employer has chosen one common date for all employees (e.g. April to
March 31).
- Where an employee ceases employment before the end of a full year, annual holiday pay is
calculated on the accumulated earnings to date. Where an employee starts to
work part-way through the year, the employee earns 1.25 days of vacation days per month
for that first year. Payment for those days are still based on 3/52nds of the total
earnings for those months of work.
- If the employee takes 1 week at three different times, the employee
receives 1/3 of the total vacation pay owed on each occasion.
- Total wages includes all salary, overtime, annual holiday pay, public
holiday pay, commission, earned bonuses and any other payment for labour or personal
services.
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