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Canada Labour Code

Version of section 198 from 2003-01-01 to 2015-03-15:


Marginal note:Holiday work in continuous operation employment

 An employee employed in a continuous operation who is required to work on a day on which the employee is entitled under this Division to a holiday with pay

  • (a) shall be paid, in addition to his regular rate of wages for that day, at a rate at least equal to one and one-half times his regular rate of wages for the time that the employee worked on that day;

  • (b) shall be given a holiday and pay in accordance with section 196 at some other time, which may be by way of addition to his annual vacation or granted as a holiday with pay at a time convenient to both the employee and the employer; or

  • (c) shall, where a collective agreement that is binding on the employer and the employee so provides, be paid in accordance with section 196 for the first day on which the employee does not work after that day.

  • R.S., 1985, c. L-2, s. 198
  • 1993, c. 42, s. 23(F)
  • 2001, c. 34, s. 19(F)

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