Canadian leave entitlement

[adrian jaye]

Can anyone of my Canadian friends confirm the below:

I have been told that Canadian employees, have to work 16 years to get 25 days leave? Between 1-4 years only 10 days?

We get 20-25 days striaght off the bat. Depending on the company.

cheers

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Non-Management Employees

Less than one year of service =1 day per month to maximum of 10 days

1 year – 4 completed years of service =10 days
5 years – 10 completed years of service =15 days
11 years – 15 completed years of service =20 days
16 completed years of service and up =25 days

Management Employees

Less than one year of service =1.5 days per month to a maximum of 15 days

1 year to 4 completed years of service =15 days
5 years to 15 completed years of service =20 days
16 completed years of service and up =25 days
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[Zef]

Depending on the company.
I had 20 days after 10 years as an AME for a flag carrier.
As a Federal Inspector, I get 20 days after 8 years....but come with it...5 days for kids's care...15 sick days for me....and two days for personal affair...and 11 statute days.

[emcon5]

Well, 10 days is 2 weeks off, that is pretty normal for the US as well.

Only US employer I am aware of that give you a month off per year with pay from year one is the military.

[rick-l]

5 weeks vacation? Does that also cover sick leave (2 weeks)?

[MotoSook]

This is pretty much the US standard as well. Except a lot of companies now will not go above 20 paid days unless someone was grandfathered into a 5 week paid leave.

For management employees...it's probably the same, but there are always negotiations for those that are highly valued. AS a matter of fact, it is also negotiable for non-management employees...so they do not have to have time of service as per below to get more than the below.

What usually happens with key employees is that they are driven to work, so even when given 20-25 days, they don't take it. It's silly to some folks to hear of this, but some employees have to be reminded to use their vacation days come December or they will lose it as companies will only let you roll over 1-2 weeks from the prior yr.

Non-Management Employees

Less than one year of service =1 day per month to maximum of 10 days

1 year – 4 completed years of service =10 days
5 years – 10 completed years of service =15 days
11 years – 15 completed years of service =20 days
16 completed years of service and up =25 days

Management Employees

Less than one year of service =1.5 days per month to a maximum of 15 days

1 year to 4 completed years of service =15 days
5 years to 15 completed years of service =20 days
16 completed years of service and up =25 days