fedupuk

Whats the crack with holidays etc in canada they seem to give less than the uk am i correct
also
how forgiving are bosses over there for example if a relative in uk died or was very ill and you needed time off to come back to the uk
thanks

Tangram

Depends on the company re bereavement. Do a search for holiday/vacation time off, there are hundreds.

Also, looking at your other posts, the wiki is your friend.

Rich_007

Depends on each case. I get 5 weeks, all stats and Xmas/New Year week off too. That's more than I ever got doing equivalent work in the snivelling miserable UK after yonks of diligent service. But that's in BC. We don't really do much work out west. Too much fun stuff to do out in the bush.

Some poor oppressed grunts get 2 weeks max.

Depends on your value offer, general approach, and employment market/sector, and if you can negotiate.

R.

jancal

I get six weeks and all stat holidays plus from 24 Dec to 5 Jan, but I negotiated, that is not the norm. I think three weeks plus stats is probably the norm but depends where you are heading.

If I had a bereavement there would be no problem in getting time off I know.

Ruby Murray

Careful Rich....there are a heck of a LOT of these 'grunts' having to accept this amount of vacation over here

retsujou

That very much depends o your Industry, your employer, whether that employer has an American mother, which Province and a lot of other factors.

My employer for example has a US parent company and what I get in holidays in comparison to the UK is a joke.

Also please be aware that in canada you "earn" your holiday. So technically in the first year you cannot take time off.

Rich_007

95% of workers are wage slaves. I served my time being under/un/employed in Canada a tad too long. I can gloat

R.

Rich_007

Not actually a "global" rule. In both my jobs here I have been able to take the allocated time in year #1 as I earn it in year #1. Some employers are actually cool.

R.

Ruby Murray

When my FIL died in January this year, I was entitled to bereavement leave - a max of 10 days. I worked for the AB government and got 3 weeks vacation a year plus all stat days. I also got 15 days sick leave. My OH, an "oppressed grunt" who after 4 years working for the same company, still gets 2 weeks off, no paid sick/bereavement leave, however, they did pay him for one week at their discretion back in January.

I start a new job tomorrow and I am in the same boat as my OH....2 wks, unpaid sick etc......so I'll notice that this time round......it's only until next spring anyway to tide me over until I go back home

Tangram

Same here.

Tangram

How does that count as serving your time Rich old boy ?

Rich_007

Suffering the misery of being an unemployed/underemployed immigrant ?

I dunno - I suppose it's the immigrants burden.

R.

HPJOS

Oil & Gas are a bit more generous than most - I get 3 weeks vacation rising to 4 next year (as I will have 10 years experience in my field), 17 flex days, 2 floaters plus all stat hols. This works out to much more than the 5 weeks plus bank holidays in the UK that I used to get. My husband (construction) (office based) gets 3 weeks plus the time from Christmas Eve until the day after New Year's bank holiday and then every Friday afternoon off from June through to August.

Encana were offering 6 weeks plus flex days for experienced hires earlier this year; CNRL offer every Friday off throughout the summer months which goes down a treat (although I know one chap whose busy time is summer so he ends up putting in 40-50 hours in 4 days rather than 5 so tends tocollapse on his Friday off rather than actually enjoying it) and most O&G offer a 9/80 work schedule so you get every other Friday off. I personally prefer the flex days as I can take them whenever and prove invaluable for things such as Doctors appts.

I am yet to unravel the bereavement/compassionate leave clause in the HR website but I also imagine it is down to flexibility of your department manager too.

R I C H

Same deal for me.

My dog died and I was told (didn't ask) to take a couple of days off.

geo4

I get three plus stats plus one floater. Next year goes to 4 weeks.