Holiday Pay

Public Holidays include:

  • Family Day;

  • Saskatchewan Day;

  • New Years Day;

  • Family Day;

  • Good Friday;

  • Victoria Day;

  • Canada Day;

  • Saskatchewan Day;

  • Labour Day;

  • Thanksgiving Day;

  • Remembrance Day;

  • Christmas Day.

Employers must pay employees for public holidays, either 5% of the employee's wages earned in the four weeks prior to the holiday, or an amount calculated in a prescribed manner for certain categories of employees.

If an employee works on a public holiday, the employer must pay them the holiday pay plus 1.5 times their hourly wage for each hour worked, or a prescribed amount for certain categories of employees.

SK SEA s.2-30 - 2-32