Employers have broad discretion to assign an employee’s vacation time under Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000. In other words, yes! Employers can make an employee take vacation time. ☑Although the Employment Standards Act (“the Act”) does not specifically say an employer can force an employee to take a vacation, there is nothing in the Act that says employers cannot force an employee …
Vacation pay
Can An Employer Refuse Vacation Time In Ontario? Yes. As discussed below, in Ontario, employers can refuse an employee’s request to take vacation time on specific dates. Vacation time rules in Ontario are contained in the Employment Standards Act, which is the minimum standard of employment law in this province. For example, the Employment Standards Act sets the …
What Is Vacation Pay? Vacation pay is money paid to employees for the time they take off work. Think of it this way – if you work 50 weeks in a year, your well-deserved two weeks of vacation should not be unpaid. Instead, you should receive payment on your vacation. This is vacation pay! In …