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 See the People’s Law School website for more on [https://www.peopleslawschool.ca/everyday-legal-problems/work/getting-paid/hours-work-and-working-overtime meal breaks].
-===Vacation pay===
+===Statutory holidays===
-After your first 12 months of employment, employers have to give you at least two weeks paid vacation every year. If you have worked for the same employer for five years or more, your employer has to give you three weeks paid vacation every year. Usually you must take your vacation within 12 months of earning it. You may take it in periods of one or more weeks. Statutory holidays are in addition to annual vacation.
+There are ten public holidays in BC. They are called '''statutory holidays''' because the ''Employment Standards Act'' says they are holidays. Statute is another name for a law made by the government. If you are covered by the Act, here’s how the statutory holiday rules work.
-If you leave your job before you use up your vacation, your employer still has to pay you for that unused vacation time.
+Normally, on a statutory holiday you take the day off work but you still get paid. The statutory holidays in BC are:
+* New Year's Day
+* Family Day
+* Good Friday
+* Victoria Day
+* Canada Day
+* British Columbia Day
+* Labour Day
+* Thanksgiving Day
+* Remembrance Day
+* Christmas Day
+Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, and Boxing Day are not statutory holidays, though many employers will offer employees a day off with pay on those dates.
+To get paid for the statutory holiday, you must:
+* have been employed for at least 30 calendar days, and
+* have worked on at least 15 of the 30 days before the statutory holiday.
+If you work under an averaging agreement any time in the 30 days before the statutory holiday, you automatically have the right to the statutory holiday.
+There are different payment rules which apply if you are required to work on a statutory holiday. See the People’s Law School website for more on [https://www.peopleslawschool.ca/everyday-legal-problems/work/getting-paid/working-statutory-holiday your rights if you work on a statutory holiday].
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