Annual holiday, leave and days off vary between sectors

In this section, we have compiled information about leave and days off in an employment relationship.

All workers accumulate days of annual leave

All workers accumulate days of annual leave. Even if a worker does not accumulate actual days of annual leave, she or he will receive holiday pay.

Read more about annual leave:

• You get days of annual leave for each month that you work
• Granting annual leave, taking annual leave and deciding the time of annual leave
• Annual leave and layoffs
• Annual leave when your job is fixed-term

Family leave and study leave

When a child is born or adopted, a worker is entitled to family leave. Read more about family leave.

A worker can apply for study leave, which means leave from work for training or study. Read more about study leave.

Christmas, Easter and other mid-week holidays

With the exception of Independence Day, mid-week holidays are not automatically days off for everyone. The collective agreement includes provisions on days off and compensation for mid-week holidays. Read more about mid-week holidays.