gryphea

Think he efectively works for himself? He's a contractor? I think there is no con.........well certainly he's not being conned.

iaink

Just cos you dont get them , or choose not to take them, that doesnt mean the law isnt there to provide them, it just means its being broken.

fledermaus

It's not so much being paid for vacation but the number of days you are allowed off from work before you are fired.

dboy

wow, quite the trap, talk about confussing a straight forward issue of holiday entitlement. Some people need to get out more.

cheeky_monkey

i do

iaink

Oh, I imagine its more complicated than that.

Lots of companies (my wife used to work for one) try and pretend that their employees are not in fact employees, but are private self employed contractors, and that the various laws for employees dont apply, but the fact is the MoL will rule that if you dictate where they work, when they work or how much they are to be paid, then you are in fact an employer, and even if you choose not to take any time off paid, you still need to meet their minimum legal obligations, pay their EI and tax etc etc..

dbd33

Not broken, no. There are lots of ways around it. Our firm deals only with independent subcontractors individually incorporated and nothing to do with us. In unionised environments, such as local government, it's more difficult but what they do is to reduce the working hours to below the threshold for being legally employed and give everyone two part time jobs. All quite kosher and it avoids the employer having to provide the employment security that goes with full time work; in Ontario I believe employees get a fortnight's pay when the employer tires of them, that's not something I'd like to finance.

ireland2canada

Have you gone stark raving mad? Do catch yourself on.

iaink

They also hand out whopping great fines to people found guilty of breaking the employment standards, and heath and safety violations can end you up in jail now.

dbd33

Pardon me, that's my corporate persona.

dbd33

No rules are being broken. People employed by small companies that they own can set whatever rules they like, it's no business of their clients.

Tangram

Is it hard knocking that last nail into your cross by yourself ?

Tuppence

I was chuffed when I found out I get 25 days plus stats - I didn't even ask.

Believe me, there will be no guilt on my part when I take advantage of every last one of them

dbd33

Absence covered by the tireless workers they call contractors, no doubt.

Novocastrian

Of course, I feel immensely guilty about being blatantly unprofessional enough to take 2 months every summer (plus stats, of course).

It's a dog's life.