Canadian Payroll Reporter

MAY 2013 CANADIAN Ask an expert: Vacation time PAYROLL REPORTER Continued from page 7 Published 12 times a year by Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd. Subscription rate: $179 per year place for a temporary period so that employees can take their vacation at that time. Yukon: The Employment Standards Act does not specify how employees are to take their vacation. Employers are advised to contact Employment Standards with specific questions. and the start of the first alternative vacation entitlement year where the employer switches from a standard vacation entitlement year to an alternative vacation entitlement year. Prince Edward Island: The Employment Standards Act states that employees must take their vacation in one unbroken period. Reporting vacation pay Quebec: The Act respecting labour on a record of employment standards allows employees to split vacation into two or more periods if Question: One of our employees is the vacation is longer than one week taking two weeks' paid vacation and the employees request it along before starting her maternity leave. with employer consent. The act How do I report this on her Record of allows the employer to turn down the Employment (ROE)? request if the business closes for a period at least Answer: The equal to the employees' vacaIn Saskatchewan, employees amount of vacation time. (Employmay take vacation in periods tion pay paid to the employee ers who shut down of less than one week must be included their business in Blocks 15B, prior to March 29, if they give their employer Total Insurable 1995 for a vacation written notice of their Earnings; 15C, period and continintention to do so. Insurable Earnue to do so, may, ings by Pay for an employee Period*; and 17A, entitled to at least Vacation Pay. The vacation time must three weeks' vacation, divide the be included in Block 15A, Total Insuremployee's vacation into two periods able Hours. — with one being the period the busiIn Block 11, Last Day for which ness is closed. The act requires one of Paid, record the date of the employthose periods must be for at least two ee's last day of paid vacation. This consecutive weeks. The act does not date must not be a statutory holiday. allow employees to take a one-week *Note: If you are using a paper vacation in broken periods. ROE, only complete Block 15C if the Saskatchewan: The Labour Stanemployee did not have any insurable dards Act states employees must take earnings in at least one of the pay vacation in one continuous period, periods. Employers using electronic unless they request shorter periods. ROEs must always complete this Employees may take the vacation in block. periods of at least one week if they Annie Chong is manager of the give their employer written notice of payroll consulting group at Carswell, a their intention to do so no later than Thomson Reuters business, which pubthe day they become entitled to the lishes the Canadian Payroll Manual and vacation. The provisions in the Act operates the Carswell Payroll Hotline. covering how the vacation is to be She can be reached at taken do not apply if the director of annie.chong@thomsonreuters.com or Labour Standards approves an (416) 298-5085. employer's plan to shut down a work8 www.payroll-reporter.com Customer Service Tel: (416) 609-3800 (Toronto) (800) 387-5164 (outside Toronto) Fax: (416) 298-5106 E-mail: carswell.customerrelations@ thomsonreuters.com Website: www.carswell.com Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business One Corporate Plaza 2075 Kennedy Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M1T 3V4 Publisher: John Hobel Managing Editor: Todd Humber Editor: Zachary Pedersen zachary.pedersen@thomsonreuters.com (416) 649-9584 Marketing Manager: Mohammad Ali (416) 609-5866 mm.ali@thomsonreuters.com Circulation Co-ordinator: Travis Chan travis.chan@thomsonreuters.com (416) 609-5872 ©2013 Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd/ ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-7798-2810-4 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher (Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd.). Return Mail Registration # 1522825 Return Postage Guaranteed Paid News Revenue Toronto Canadian Payroll Reporter is part of the Canadian HR Reporter group of publications: Canadian HR Reporter •www.hrreporter.com Canadian Occupational Safety •www.cos-mag.com Canadian Safety Reporter •www.safety-reporter.com Canadian Employment Law Today •www.employmentlawtoday.com Canadian Labour Reporter •www.labour-reporter.com The Canadian Employer See www.carswell.com for information. Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2013

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