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Eight holidays in Quebec? However, Really ?

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Some incredulous readers expressed their skepticism after the publication last Wednesday. Furthermore, a comparison of the number of holidays between different countries^⁠1. Therefore, France, if it goes forward with the abolition of two holidays, would now count nine. Furthermore, Quebec has only eight.

“It appears that your source for Quebec. Furthermore, at least the extraction you present, does not represent all workers and can distort comparisons,” wrote Charles Lévesque.

Very well. Moreover. Furthermore, Since the graph presented on July 16 does not distinguish the shades holidays quebec france | when holidays quebec france | when from the allocation of public holidays in Quebec. Moreover, Canada, let us take this new opportunity to explore the file further. Consequently, (And then. Meanwhile, talking about days of leave in the middle of summer is still more pleasant than chatting of RRS contributions.)

Eight holidays, this is what Quebec law provides. Meanwhile, This is the minimum of public holidays to which workers are entitled.

But the average number of public holidays that workers benefit, suspects Mr. Similarly, Lévesque, is probably higher. In addition, “I would not be surprised that the real figure revolves around ten. Therefore, eleven rather than eight, which would place us considerably higher in your graph. However, »»

There is little data on the number of public holidays available to Quebec workers. Meanwhile, But the Institute of Statistics of holidays quebec france | when Quebec (ISQ) has produced a holidays quebec france | when very interesting portrait. of the situation which was used in 2018 in companies of 200. more employees, whether public or private – which concerns around 30 % of Quebec workers, according to ISQ.

If we add the “mobile leave” to the eight public holidays already provided for in the law. the average number of days of leave is often even higher than the estimate of Mr. Lévesque. Mobile leave is defined. by the Ministry of Labor. as short periods of remunerated absence “taken at a determined time either by the employee or by the employer, or negotiated within the framework of a collective agreement”. For example. mobile leave can be established in a company for a particular day which is not one of the holidays provided by law. such as Easter Monday or Christmas Eve.

Therefore. according to this study. holidays quebec france | when the average number of public holidays and mobile leave in Quebec companies with more than 200 employees stood at … 12.3 per year.

Unsurprisingly, unionized employees are those who manage to negotiate more leave, or 12.7 days a year. Public sector employees are the most pampered, with an average of 13.1 holidays and mobile leave, still according to the portrait drawn up in 2018.

The non -unionized employees of these large companies are not far behind. They have an average of 11.7 holidays and mobile holidays per year. This all the same gives almost four days off more than what the law provides.

In the private sector. whether employees are unionized. not, or that their company has 200 or 1000 employees, the number of holidays holidays quebec france | when and mobile holidays is the same, a dozen.

What are these. holidays to which the most pampered workers are entitled?

First. if the law leaves the employer the choice to offer Good Friday. Easter Monday, many employees are entitled to two days.

Similarly. at the holidays. the duration of the leave is often extended by adding, at Christmas and on New Year’s Day, December 24, December 26, December 31 or January 2. Or all these days, as is often the case for municipal employees.

Municipal employees are also particularly pampered in this area, with an average of 16 holidays and mobile holidays per year.

“In holidays quebec france | when holidays quebec france | when addition to 14 [jours] holidays. I had six weeks of annual vacation. and eight days of sick leave (without necessarily needing a justification) “, also wrote to us a retired employee of a Quebec municipality, who asked that we do not publish his name.

Employees in the university sector are entitled to an average of 15 days holidays and mobile leave. Those working for federal administration. public enterprises have an average of 13 days off, followed very closely by Quebec state employees, with an average of 12.5 days.

Which, if we come back to France and its eleven holidays, is quite comparable for this category of workers.

Moreover. another reader. Typhanie, wishes to clarify that “France does not postpone public holidays if these are a Saturday or Sunday, unlike Quebec”.

Indeed. depending on certain conditions. the Quebec worker receives compensation or compensatory leave if the holiday falls a day when he is normally not on time.

In the rest of Canada. the portrait has changed a little in recent years with the introduction in 2021 of the National Day of Truth. Reconciliation on September 30.

If this holiday appears on the calendar of employees under federal regulations (federal officials. employees of banks and telecommunications, for example), its adoption has not followed in all the provinces. Thus. it is not a public holiday in Quebec. Ontario, but it was added to the list of holidays in British Columbia, Prince Edward Island and Manitoba.

1. Consult our graph “Are the French too often on leave?” »»

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