The following days fall under paid holidays:

• New Year’s Day;

• Islander Day;

• Good Friday;

• Canada Day;

• Labour Day;

• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, observed on September 30;

• Remembrance Day; and

• Christmas Day

Every employer shall grant every employee a holiday with pay on each paid holiday falling within any period of employment

Entitlement of paid holiday

An employee is entitled to paid holiday if the employee:

• has been employed with the employer for 30 or more calendar days prior to the holiday;

• has received pay for at least 15 of 30 calendar days immediately prior to the paid holiday;

An employee is not eligible for paid holiday if the employee:

• fails, without reasonable cause, to work on both the employee's last scheduled work day before and after the paid holiday;

• has agreed to work on the paid holiday and has, without reasonable cause, failed to report and perform work on the paid holiday

Paid holiday on a non-working day

If a paid holiday falls on a day that is not normally a working day for an employee, the employer must give the employee a holiday with pay either on the working day immediately following the paid holiday or the day immediately following the employee's vacation.

Working on paid holiday

If an employee is required to work on a paid holiday, the employer must pay the employee at least:

• 1.5 times their regular rate of wages for the time worked on that day in addition to a day's pay at their regular rate of pay, or

• pay the employee at their regular rate of wages for the time worked on that day and grant them a holiday with pay on another day agreed upon before the date of the next annual vacation.

No reduction of wages

Employers cannot reduce an employee's weekly or monthly wages for a week or month in which a paid holiday occurs.

PEI ESA s.6-10