Sick Pay
#16
Re: Sick Pay
It seems your partner might want to point her employer to the Ontario employment standards act on vacation pay.
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/sta...e41_e.htm#BK55
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/sta...e41_e.htm#BK55
She, of course, is not legally an employee but an independent sub-contractor.
#17
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Re: Sick Pay
Hi OH is automotive service technician and we have just had a reply stating that sick pay is not paid but he is entitled to injury at work pay etc. He will be paid on a flat rate hourly basis, dont know if this makes a difference with regard to sick pay or not.
Also, he has said that he gets 2 weeks vacation once he has worked for a year and this goes up the longer he is there!
Does anyone else work for a new car dealership and have any knowledge?
thanks
nikki
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Also, he has said that he gets 2 weeks vacation once he has worked for a year and this goes up the longer he is there!
Does anyone else work for a new car dealership and have any knowledge?
thanks
nikki
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Re: Sick Pay
Hi OH is automotive service technician and we have just had a reply stating that sick pay is not paid but he is entitled to injury at work pay etc. He will be paid on a flat rate hourly basis, dont know if this makes a difference with regard to sick pay or not.
Also, he has said that he gets 2 weeks vacation once he has worked for a year and this goes up the longer he is there!
Does anyone else work for a new car dealership and have any knowledge?
thanks
nikki
x
Also, he has said that he gets 2 weeks vacation once he has worked for a year and this goes up the longer he is there!
Does anyone else work for a new car dealership and have any knowledge?
thanks
nikki
x
#19
Re: Sick Pay
Hi OH is automotive service technician and we have just had a reply stating that sick pay is not paid but he is entitled to injury at work pay etc. He will be paid on a flat rate hourly basis, dont know if this makes a difference with regard to sick pay or not.
Also, he has said that he gets 2 weeks vacation once he has worked for a year and this goes up the longer he is there!
Does anyone else work for a new car dealership and have any knowledge?
thanks
nikki
x
Also, he has said that he gets 2 weeks vacation once he has worked for a year and this goes up the longer he is there!
Does anyone else work for a new car dealership and have any knowledge?
thanks
nikki
x
If your husband was injured at work, he'd receive money from the Workers Compensation Board (WCB) while he was recovering (although I think it takes two weeks or something like that for WCB payments to kick in).
My understanding is that temporary work permit holders are not entitled to benefits from Employment Insurance if they have to miss work due to an illness or injury that is not directly work-related. Yet TWP holders have to pay EI premiums, and those premiums usually are deducted from their pay at source, just as income tax payments usually are.
A Canadian citizen or permanent resident is entitled to EI benefits if they are sick, although EI also has a waiting period before the payments kick in.
This is one of the risks associated with coming to Canada on a temporary work permit.
Edited to add an important point.
I was wrong in stating that temporary work permit holders are not allowed to receive Employment Insurance benefits if they have to miss work owing to illness.
It was an erroneous piece of information that I had seen around here quite a long time ago. Although I later saw contradictory (correct) information, the original (wrong) information was lodged in my memory. Have to defrag the hard disc, eh?
Anyway, here is a thread entitled If work permit falls through, in which it is stated that a TWP holder who has accumulated enough work time is eligible for EI benefits.
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Last edited by Judy in Calgary; Jul 7th 2008 at 8:55 pm.
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Re: Sick Pay
Hi OH is automotive service technician and we have just had a reply stating that sick pay is not paid but he is entitled to injury at work pay etc. He will be paid on a flat rate hourly basis, dont know if this makes a difference with regard to sick pay or not.
Also, he has said that he gets 2 weeks vacation once he has worked for a year and this goes up the longer he is there!
Does anyone else work for a new car dealership and have any knowledge?
thanks
nikki
x
Also, he has said that he gets 2 weeks vacation once he has worked for a year and this goes up the longer he is there!
Does anyone else work for a new car dealership and have any knowledge?
thanks
nikki
x
EI has a waiting period of two weeks and WCB kicks in from the first day of lost work due to an injury (does not cover sickness unless caused by the job).
#21
Re: Sick Pay
Indeed MB Realtor, I worked for Cadbury here in ON in a salaried position and didnt get sick pay, if they dont give it what clasifies a big decent company that does?