{"id":689,"date":"2025-03-28T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/career-advice\/?p=689"},"modified":"2025-03-28T14:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T21:35:36","slug":"bc-statutory-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/bc-statutory-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"BC Statutory Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The eleven statutory holidays in British Columbia are<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_50 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-6a08eb28a90a6\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/bc-statutory-holidays\/#Eligibility_for_Statutory_Holiday_Pay\" title=\"Eligibility for Statutory Holiday Pay\">Eligibility for Statutory Holiday Pay<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/bc-statutory-holidays\/#What_Employees_Get_Paid\" title=\"What Employees Get Paid\">What Employees Get Paid<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/bc-statutory-holidays\/#How_Average_Day%E2%80%99s_Pay_is_Calculated\" title=\"How Average Day\u2019s Pay is Calculated\">How Average Day\u2019s Pay is Calculated<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/bc-statutory-holidays\/#Days_Worked\" title=\"Days Worked\">Days Worked<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"font-lexend-regular\">New Year\u2019s Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"font-lexend-regular\">Family Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"font-lexend-regular\">Good Friday<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"font-lexend-regular\">Victoria Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"font-lexend-regular\">Canada Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"font-lexend-regular\">BC Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"font-lexend-regular\">Labour Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"font-lexend-regular\">National Day for Truth and Reconciliation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"font-lexend-regular\">Thanksgiving Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"font-lexend-regular\">Remembrance Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"font-lexend-regular\">Christmas Day<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"199\"><strong data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"199\">Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, and Boxing Day are not mandatory statutory holidays.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"246\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eligibility_for_Statutory_Holiday_Pay\"><\/span><strong data-start=\"205\" data-end=\"246\">Eligibility for Statutory Holiday Pay<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"248\" data-end=\"301\">To qualify for statutory holiday pay, employees must:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"442\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"370\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"370\">Have worked for at least <strong data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"350\">30 calendar days<\/strong> before the holiday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"371\" data-end=\"442\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"442\">Have worked <strong data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"415\">at least 15 of the 30 days<\/strong> leading up to the holiday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"589\">However, employees working under an <strong data-start=\"480\" data-end=\"503\">averaging agreement<\/strong> do not need to meet the 15-day minimum in the 30 days prior to the statutory holiday.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"622\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Employees_Get_Paid\"><\/span><strong data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"622\">What Employees Get Paid<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"725\"><strong data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"663\">Employees who are given the day off<\/strong> on a statutory holiday are entitled to <strong data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"724\">average day\u2019s pay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"786\"><strong data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"749\">Employees who work<\/strong> on a statutory holiday must be paid:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"945\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"840\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"790\" data-end=\"840\"><strong data-start=\"790\" data-end=\"809\">Time-and-a-half<\/strong> for the first 12 hours worked.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"841\" data-end=\"896\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"843\" data-end=\"896\"><strong data-start=\"843\" data-end=\"858\">Double-time<\/strong> for any hours worked beyond 12 hours.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"897\" data-end=\"945\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"899\" data-end=\"945\">Plus, they will receive <strong data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"944\">average day\u2019s pay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"990\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Average_Day%E2%80%99s_Pay_is_Calculated\"><\/span><strong data-start=\"951\" data-end=\"990\">How Average Day\u2019s Pay is Calculated<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"992\" data-end=\"1197\">An <strong data-start=\"995\" data-end=\"1016\">average day\u2019s pay<\/strong> is calculated by dividing the total <strong data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1073\">regular earnings<\/strong> (wages, plus any vacation pay received for taken vacations) by the number of days worked in the previous 30 calendar days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1199\" data-end=\"1258\"><strong data-start=\"1199\" data-end=\"1208\">Note:<\/strong> Overtime pay is not included in regular earnings.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1279\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Days_Worked\"><\/span><strong data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1279\">Days Worked<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1281\" data-end=\"1441\">\u201c<strong data-start=\"1282\" data-end=\"1297\">Days worked<\/strong>\u201d refers to any day in which wages were earned, as well as any annual vacation days taken within the 30-day period before the statutory holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Employers and a majority of employees can agree to substitute another day for a statutory holiday. The substitute day must be treated the same as a statutory holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: <a href=\"https:\/\/canada-holidays.ca\/provinces\/BC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statutory holidays<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reprinted from<a href=\"https:\/\/canada-holidays.ca\/\"> https:\/\/canada-holidays.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eleven statutory holidays in British Columbia are New Year\u2019s Day Family Day Good Friday Victoria Day Canada Day BC Day Labour Day National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Thanksgiving Day Remembrance Day Christmas Day Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, and Boxing Day are not mandatory statutory holidays. 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