Mike Kic
February 17, 2008 / 19:26

Booner, enjoy the day off...I'll be at work.

Toronto Mike
February 17, 2008 / 19:31

Explain to me how that works. It's a stat day, right? Don't they have to give you the day off or are you already getting your alloted "holiday days"?

Exemptions can be found here: http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/family/faq.html

dale
February 17, 2008 / 19:52

Because our company gives us 9 days of holdiays (stats & 2 floaters) - 1 of our floater days is used for tomorrow.
We had no choice. Now we only have 1 day to take at our discretion.

Toronto Mike
February 17, 2008 / 19:58

I guess I got lucky. I have those two floater days as well, but I didn't have to burn one to take tomorrow off.

felix
February 17, 2008 / 20:01

It's President's Day here in the US. Had I not gotten promoted back in August, I'd have had to go to work anyway. Now I get all the holidays off.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President's_Day

Jill
February 17, 2008 / 20:20

The hospital I work at just negotiated our new union contract and we were given Family Day as a Stat but as a nurse I would be expected to work if I was scheduled and then given off another day in lieu. Works for me.

james edgar
February 17, 2008 / 21:16

I'm off but My nephew and his wife have to work. She works for Service Canada and he's in the Army. Both federal Goverment who don't recognize the holiday. There kids are off school of course and the regular daycare is closed so this "holiday" costs them money.

Ajax Mike
February 17, 2008 / 21:51

I'm working, but then I work through all holidays if they fall on my shift. Downside to working in a 24/7 operation. The upside is that I get holiday pay up the wazoo. :)

Annemarie
February 18, 2008 / 01:24

I'm off! Been off sick since Wed. last wk., so I'm good, hehe. Doubt I'll be spending today w/ the family though.

Mike from Lowville
February 18, 2008 / 07:12

I sit here at work. No I'm not on the clock.....yet.

Jason | GetYourOJ.com
February 18, 2008 / 11:52

Plenty of people have to work despite the stat.

Start with the local weather man, and work your way down.

Toronto Mike
February 18, 2008 / 11:57

Ok, but like Jill or Ajax Mike, they get a lieu day or are compensated for the sacrifice.

As long as your job falls under the Ontario ESA you're entitled to this 9th stat day.

Somebody has to report the local weather, even on Christmas Day, right?

Mike (Buffalo Boy)
February 18, 2008 / 20:11

You know I think the US needs to adopt that policy and enforce it a little more stringently, there should be one long weekend every month. One holiday every month. A lot of people down here are lucky to get two weeks off per year, what would be wrong with 12 holidays per year.

Toronto Mike
February 18, 2008 / 20:27

Buffalo Boy, it's not much better up here. We're not Sweden with their gobs of vacation days.

In addition to vacation days and floater days and all that jazz, here are the statutory holidays we get in Ontario.

* New Year's Day
* Family Day
* Good Friday
* Victoria Day
* Canada Day
* Labour Day
* Thanksgiving Day
* Christmas Day
* Boxing Day (December 26)

Most companies also recognize Civic Day in August for a grand total of 10.

Jason | GetYourOJ.com
February 19, 2008 / 00:18

Yeah, indeed someone does, even on Xmas day.. and yes I am sure they get compensated, a lieu day, or double time or some such thing.. depends where and what I guess..

G'nite!

The_Voice
February 19, 2008 / 10:03

They moved my Remembrance Day holiday to Family Day, so I got nothing new out of it.

What bothered me was how all those retailers tried to make Family Day into a massive commercial thing. I think people should just use it to spend time with family, rather than spending money.

Stafford
February 19, 2008 / 18:49

Had to work it. To Corus Entertainment's credit, as a federally-regulated industry they could have ignored it but they made it a stat. But it's radio ratings (when isn't it?) and we had to work. Although I noticed the FAN was all ESPN on their morning show.