She, of course, is not legally an employee but an independent sub-contractor.

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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This is quite usual for BC.

Well, this makes more sense. The employer will be earning money only as long as your husband is working and the company is charging his time to the customer. Car dealerships operate on a fairly tight margin, and I can see why they wouldn't be able to afford sick leave.

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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BC Labour Standards stipulate 4% of wages paid as vacation pay, rising to 6% after 5 years as a minimum. Sick pay is not statutory. Does not matter how an employee is paid, hourly, salary, whatever, the ES apply. Some employers may tell you if you are salary you don't get overtime and so on, which is hog wash. Always a good idea to check out the employment standards act (available online) so you know where you are at. Different rules apply to some industries, such as agriculture.

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).

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?