The most common mistakes made in Quebec vacation policies

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In this post, we identify four of the most common errors and misconceptions made by employers in order that they may review their policies and practices for compliance before taking off on their own well-deserved summer vacation. Unless your policies or employment contracts provide otherwise, the Act states that the reference year runs from May 1 to April 30. Accordingly, the Act provides that vacation can only be taken during the year in which it is earned (i.e. “by anticipation”) if the employee makes a request to that effect and the employer approves the same. In addition, employers should be aware that, as outlined in the Act, vacation pay corresponds to a percentage of the wages earned by the employee during the previous year. In fact, the Act prohibits employers from providing more vacation time or a greater percentage of vacation pay to full-time employees who perform the same work in the same establishment as their part-time counterparts simply because part-time employees work less hours in a week.

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