Judy Haiven: Heritage Day in Nova Scotia, paid holiday or not?
If you have a coffee at Tim’s or Starbuck’s on Heritage Day, chances are your server won’t be paid extra for the holiday.
Statutory holiday
Blue Christmas – who gets paid on the holidays?
Only a couple of more sleeps until Christmas. Will it be a paid day off for you? What about Boxing Day – and New Year’s Day? Judy Haiven explains.
Judy Haiven: Remembrance Day revisited
This Remembrance Day Judy Haiven visits a Local Tim Hortons. It’s a follow up on an earlier visit, a couple of years ago and elsewhere in the province, where she had to set the manager straight about the law and labour standards.
Remembrance Day – the punitive holiday
Remembrance Day is a punitive holiday day because many Nova Scotians must forego pay. That week your pay cheque will be 20% lighter than it was for a 5-day week. Judy Haiven explains.
Thanksgiving: for most Nova Scotia workers it’s not a paid Holiday
Judy Haiven on who gets paid and who doesn’t on the Thanksgiving Day weekend.
Natal Day: When a holiday isn’t a holiday
Judy Haiven explains how most workers are out of luck on Natal Day, and why Nova Scotia is at the bottom of the pile in terms of statutory holidays.
Canada Day, will you be paid?
What’s open, what’s closed, who cares? Will you get paid, and does your boss know, that’s what matters.
Getting paid on Heritage Day, the loophole holiday
In Nova Scotia most stores must be closed on Monday’s Heritage Day, but to qualify for a day off with pay you must meet quite a few conditions.
Judy Haiven: (Not) getting paid on Christmas and Boxing Day
In Nova Scotia non-unionized workers have to jump through hoops to qualify for pay on Christmas Day. And don’t even think about getting paid for Boxing Day. Judy Haiven explains.
Open letter to the Nova Scotia legislature: Close stores at 4 PM on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve
Retail worker Tony Lohnes would like to see a law that makes stores close at 4 PM on Christmas Eve and New Year’s eve. Retail workers need some family time too, he says.