When Holiday Falls On A Weekend

If a public holiday falls on a saturday the employee can apply for leave in lieu via fusion hr as lieu time within 60 days 14 days for fixed term contract staff either before or after the public holiday.

When holiday falls on a weekend. The standard i have always seen used and recommend is that when a holiday falls on a weekend the employer still provides a workday off with pay. Boxing day on december 26 is also a public holiday. Some years christmas day creates a long weekend.

The act specifies twelve days as public holidays. When a general holiday falls on a non working day. It depends on the organization.

If you work a normal shift job monday through friday and a holiday falls on a weekend then if the holiday is on a saturday they will usually give you friday off as the holiday. If it falls on a saturday people get the following tuesday off. And if the holiday falls on a sunday the monday after is given off.

However most employers do elect to offer another day off when a holiday falls on a weekend. In addition the act provides that whenever a public holiday falls on a sunday the following monday is deemed to be a public holiday. For a holiday that falls on a saturday such as this fourth of.

The public holidays policy details can be found here. If new year s day canada day remembrance day christmas day or boxing day falls on a sunday or saturday that is a non working day for an employee the employee is entitled to a holiday with pay on the working day immediately preceding or following the general holiday. If it is on a sunday you would norm.

Unless a company wants to risk losing good employees the temptation to save some money by not providing paid time off in these situations is short sighted and unwise. If a holiday falls on a day that the employee usually has off as is the case with independence day this year for employees who don t work on weekends and it s your policy to give that holiday as a paid day off then you may choose to observe the holiday on the closest weekday. If this day is on a saturday or sunday the following monday will be off creating a four day long weekend.