When is construction holiday

The Construction Holiday collective agreement covers both private and public contracts, including roadwork, housing projects, commercial buildings, foundations, and demolitions, as well as certain suppliers and machine operators.

He says that residential renovations are not covered by the rules, though any new projects do have to be put on hold. Although Quebec is unique in Canada for having an industry-specific holiday block, the Canadian Labour Congress says other countries such as France use similar models that allow for longer paid vacations times without a negative effect on productivity.

Roberts says one benefit of an industry-wide vacation is that it gives families the ability to take holidays together, as opposed to allowing employers to decide when workers take time off. However, not everyone believes the government should be the ones deciding when employers close up shop and send their employees on vacation.

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The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation September 30 is not a statutory holiday provided for in the collective agreements negotiated by the employers and unions. If you have any questions on this subject, please contact your association. During this period, sites must be closed and all work executed must be paid at the applicable wage rate set out in the provisions of the sector-based collective agreements.

This vacation period is one of the working conditions to which employers and workers have agreed. Thus, for more than 35 years, the last two complete civil weeks Sunday to Saturday of July have marked the construction holiday. This tradition has been slightly modified since We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again. This website uses cookies to personalize your content including ads , and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here.

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