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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]. | 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]. | ||
===Vacation=== | |||
If you’re covered by BC’s employment standards law, here’s how the rules around vacations work. | |||
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. | |||
If you leave your job before you use up your vacation, your employer still has to pay you for that unused vacation time. | |||
See the People’s Law School website for more on [https://www.peopleslawschool.ca/everyday-legal-problems/work/time-work/taking-vacation your rights to taking a vacation]. | |||
===Leave=== | |||
====Maternity leave==== | |||
Under BC’s employment standards law (for workers covered by this law), expectant mothers are entitled to 17 weeks off work, without pay, to have their baby. This is called '''maternity leave'''. It’s also sometimes referred to as pregnancy leave. | |||
Maternity leave can begin up to 13 weeks before the expected birth date. After the 17 weeks, the birth mother may be able to extend the leave for six more weeks for reasons related to the pregnancy. | |||
An employer can’t fire a worker because she is pregnant. And when she returns to work, she must get back her old job or a similar job for at least the same pay. | |||
Workers who take maternity leave can apply for Employment Insurance benefits. Maternity benefits are paid at up to 55% of the worker’s earnings (capped at a maximum amount per week) for up to 15 weeks. | |||
See the People’s Law School website for more on [https://www.peopleslawschool.ca/everyday-legal-problems/work/time-work/taking-time-have-or-parent-child maternity leave]. The information also explains '''parental leave''', where any parent covered by employment standards law is entitled to a period of unpaid leave from work when their child is born or adopted. | |||
====Family responsibility leave==== | |||
A worker is entitled to up to five days of unpaid leave during each employment year to meet responsibilities related to the care, health or education of an immediate family member. | |||
See the People’s Law School website for more on [https://www.peopleslawschool.ca/everyday-legal-problems/work/time-work/taking-time-personal-or-family-reasons family responsibility leave]. | |||
====Bereavement leave==== | |||
A worker is entitled to up to three days of unpaid leave on the death of a member of the worker's immediate family. | |||
See the People’s Law School website for more on [https://www.peopleslawschool.ca/everyday-legal-problems/work/time-work/taking-time-personal-or-family-reasons bereavement leave]. | |||
==Losing your job== | ==Losing your job== | ||
