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Yukon
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Yukon
This section provides
specific information for the Yukon territory. Click one of the links on
the left to move directly to the corresponding section.
Hours
of Work
The type of employee
excluded from this legislature are farm workers, managers, travelling
sales people, domestics, etc.
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Maximum
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No regulation - must be safe for workers |
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**
Exclude statutory hours from overtime calculation and reduce the work
week by the statutory hours |
| Maximum |
8 hours/day or 40 hours/week |
| Overtime |
Any hours over 8.00 hours/day or 40.00 hours/weeks |
| Overtime
Rate |
1
and 1/2 times the employee's regular rate of pay |
| Break
Period |
1/2
hour per consecutive 5 hours worked |
| Rest
Period |
8.00
hours between shifts |
Leaves
Maternity Leave
| Time
with Employer |
12
consecutive months |
| Required
Notice |
four
weeks written notice |
| Length
of Leave |
17
weeks |
| Payed |
No |
Parental Leave
| Time
with Employer |
12
consecutive months |
| Required
Notice |
four
weeks written notice |
| Length
of Leave |
37
weeks beginning immediately after the maternity leave if taken together
and must finish parental leave in 12 weeks |
| Payed |
No |
Voting Leave
| Time
with Employer |
N/A |
| Required
Notice |
N/A |
| Length
of Leave |
four
consecutive hours |
| Payed |
Yes |
Bereavement Leave
| Time
with Employer |
No
specific time |
| Required
Notice |
N/A |
| Length
of Leave |
one
week if death is in the immediate family, provided the funeral takes
place that week
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| Payed |
N/A |
Sickness Leave
| Time
with Employer |
no
specific time |
| Required
Notice |
no
specific time |
| Length
of Leave |
one
day a month up 12 days |
| Payed |
No |
Holidays
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Holidays
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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New Year's
Day
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Tue.,
Jan. 1 |
Thu.,
Jan. 1 |
Fri.,
Jan. 1 |
Sat.,
Jan. 1 |
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Good Friday
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Fri.,
Mar.21 |
Fri.,
Apr. 10 |
Fri.,
Apr. 2 |
Fri.,
Apr. 22 |
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Canada
Day
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Tue.,
July 1 |
Wed.,
July 1 |
Thu.,
Jul. 1 |
Fri.,
Jul. 1 |
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Labour
Day
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Mon.,
Sep. 1 |
Mon.,
Sep. 7 |
Mon.,
Sep. 6 |
Mon.,
Sep. 5 |
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Christmas
Day
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Thu.,
Dec. 25 |
Fri.,
Dec. 25 |
Sat.,
Dec. 25 |
Sun.,
Dec. 25 |
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Victoria
Day
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Mon.,
May 19 |
Mon.,
May 18 |
Mon.,
May 24 |
Mon.,
May 23 |
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Thanksgiving
Day
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Mon.,
Oct. 13 |
Mon.,
Oct. 12 |
Mon.,
Oct. 11 |
Mon.,
Oct. 10 |
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Remembrance
Day
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Tue.,
Nov. 11 |
Wed.,
Nov. 11 |
Thu.,
Nov. 11 |
Fri.,
Nov. 11 |
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Discovery
Day
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Mon., Aug. 4 |
Mon., Aug. 3 |
Mon., Aug. 2 |
Mon., Aug. 1 |
According to the Canadian
Labour Standards Code, whenever the following holidays land on a Saturday
or Sunday, New Year's Day, Canada Day, Christmas Day the employer must
grant his or her employee a holiday with pay on the next working day immediately
preceding or following the holiday, providing that the holiday is a provincial
requirement. If a statutory holiday is worked on a regularly scheduled
work day then the employee must receive either their regular pay plus
time and a half or their regular wages plus a day off with pay before
their annual vacation.
Terminations
Required
Notice
Individual Termination
| Length
of Employment |
Notice
Required |
| Under
6 months |
None |
| Between
6 months and 1 year |
1
week |
| Between
1 year and 3 years |
2
weeks |
| 3
years or more |
For
every year after 3 years an additional week is required up to 8 weeks
in total |
Group Termination
| Number
of Employees |
Notice
Required |
| 25
to 49 |
4
weeks |
| 50
to 99 |
8
weeks |
| 100
to 299 |
12
weeks |
| 300
or more |
16
weeks |
Worker's
Compensation
Assessable Earnings:
Included
| Car allowances
(if taxable) |
| Clothing allowances
(if taxable) |
| Vacation Pay/Statutory
Holiday Pay |
| Moving allowances
(if taxable) |
| Travel allowances
(if taxable) |
| Bonuses |
| Commissions |
| Call in pay |
| Call back pay |
| Standby pay |
| Directors' fee |
| Gratuities |
| Regular salary
or wages/overtime |
| Shift premium |
| Sick pay (Paid
during year) |
| WCB-top up |
| Taxable Benefits
such as: |
| Board & lodging |
| Company car |
| Life insurance |
| Loans |
| RRSP/stock options |
Excluded
| Short-term disability
with pay |
| Long-term disability
with pay |
| Gifts |
| Temporary lay-off
with pay |
| Maternity with
pay |
| Pre-retirement
with pay |
| Pay in lieu
of notice |
| Retiring allowance |
| Severance pay |
| Sick pay on
termination |
| WCB |
Pay
Statements
For the Yukon the
pay is required semi-monthly or more frequently. The employee must receive
their pay within 10 days after each pay period.The Yukon's pay statement
must contain the following
- Rate of pay
- Net pay
- Total hours worked
- Dates of pay periods
- Deductions and
reasons for those deductions
Minimum
Wages
The Yukon has one
wage rate standard as follows:
| Parties
Applicable |
Wage
Rate |
| General |
$8.93 |
Minimum
Age
If a person under
17 is attending school full time than an employer is prohibited from hiring
that student. The Health and Safety Board may inspect any place of employment
to make sure that a person child is capable of doing the job. Otherwise
a child is allowed to work any place but must be at least 18 to work underground
in a mine.
Vacationable
Earnings
Included
| Work related
bonuses (cash) |
| Call in pay |
| Call back pay |
| Commissions
earned at employer's premises |
| Commissions
earned by a route salesman |
| Commissions
earned away from employer's premises |
| Overtime pay |
| Pay in lieu
of notice/Termination pay |
| Regular salary/wages/retroactive |
| Shift premium |
| Sick pay - Sick
days |
| Statutory -
Company Holidays (floaters) |
| Statutory -
General Holidays |
| Severance/Plant
severance (included under unique circumstances) |
Excluded
| Allowances (Car,
clothing, moving, travel) |
| Discretionary
bonuses (cash) |
| Director's fees |
| Gifts (cash
or in kind) |
| Previously paid
vacation pay |
| Profit Sharing |
| Standby pay |
| Tips and Gratuities |
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| Taxable Benefits: |
| Board & lodging |
| Company car
(not clearly addressed) |
| Life Insurance
(not clearly addressed) |
| Loans |
Provincial
Health
Employee or employer
premiums are not required for coverage under the Yukon Territory Health
Care Insurance Plan.
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