scrubbedexpat091

Our supervisors are salaried and get the provincial minimum as well.

Seasonal restrictions as well. Nobody can take vacation from May 1 to Sept 30 and Nov 15 to Jan 10 of each year.

DandNHill

Aviator

Vacation is paid as a percentage of ones paycheque, not in weeks and days. Employers have to retain vacation pay, however an employee can request to have vacation pay paid out on each paycheque. This is at the employees discretion and should be done in writing. Min is 4% for up to 5 years service and 6% thereafter.. It is all in the employment standards act. Salaried employees get a flat rate of pay, however under the ES, everyone is supposed to be paid for work done and hours worked, paid hourly or salaried. An employee can choose to bank hours, but again that is up to the employee.

DandNHill

Aviator

Not that I know of.

scrubbedexpat091

From the BC govt website re vacation time.

"After completing one year of employment an employee is entitled to two weeks vacation. After five years, an employee is entitled to three weeks vacation.

Vacation must be scheduled in periods of one or more weeks, unless the employee requests otherwise.

Vacation must be taken within 12 months of being earned."


Re vacation pay which is what aviator mentions.

"When an employee takes a vacation after completing one year of employment, vacation pay must be at least four per cent of the employee’s total earnings from the previous year.

After five consecutive years of employment, vacation pay increases to six per cent.

A person who is employed for less than one year is not entitled to take a vacation, but must be paid four per cent vacation pay on termination of employment.

Vacation pay is not payable if a person is employed for five calendar days or less."

Factsheet: Annual Vacation

scrubbedexpat091

Summer in Vancouver is cruise ship season so it gets very busy. The airlines we handle more then double their flights and increase aircraft size. Going from a 76 seat plane to 190 for example. Going from average bag loads of 90 to 300.

Just too busy to schedule vacation time. We generally cant hire enough to be fully staffed in summer either.

Tumbling_Dice

That was certainly the case in any employed role I had in the UK and not one of them were backward in coming forward about it. If you hadn't taken two weeks off, you were told to make plans. That was, of course, never an issue with yours truly.

magnumpi

DigitalGhost

I've looked at jobs in London before, either because they piqued my interest or because I'd been contacted by a head hunter. They generally don't seem to pay much more than you can earn in another city like Manchester or Birmingham however rent in London is 3 times more expensive and the quality of accomodation in London is not good. Obviously if you specialise in high finance or some sort of media or government-related position then you can probably name your own price.

However, I have spent quite a bit of time there over the years and, Aussie thrill-seekers and Canadian/American backpackers aside, it often seems like people live there more because they have to rather than out of choice.

I'll be honest, the idea of living in London terrifies the hell out of me and personally I would feel far more at home in Toronto or Tokyo than I would there.

BlueScottyGirl

Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply and add to the discussion. For those interested, we decided not to pursue the dream of going to Canada...at this point in time :-)

The world is a big place and there are other countries that are more suited to us and how we want to live. Without sounding like I'm complaining (I'm not), there are countries that are more inviting and safer when you rely on a work visa for your right to stay. We decided to move to a European country for more reasons than I'll get into here, one being that as EU citizens we don't need to worry about being out of work for a period of time.

We haven't given up on Canada, it may well feature in our future but it's not for now and that's ok. We are about to embark on another great adventure :-)

scilly

Just one question

How long will you be an EU citizen, and what do you expect to happen when Brexit takes effect?

DigitalGhost

That's a very good question. My fiancee works with a lot of Europeans and the smarter ones are already making backup plans to move to Germany or Ireland if Brexit means they can't work in the UK anymore.

dbd33

I would have thought that Brexit makes a strong argument for moving to Europe now, while the chance is still there.

DigitalGhost

Depends. Have they signed the agreement yet for what will happen with people who are already living in another country under EU treaty rights? I know the UK is planning some sort of website and mobile app that will let people who qualify apply outside of the standard visa process.

I agree though, the longer that you leave it, the less convincing your case is going to be. That's why one guy I know finally caved, stopped fighting/complaining about Brexit via social media and moved to Berlin instead.