Leave Options / Time Away from Work
Can I get bereavement leave?
In the event of the death of an immediate family member, an employee is entitled to one day paid bereavement leave and up to two days unpaid bereavement leave Immediate family includes:
spouse
child
parent
brother...
Do I get paid for my meal breaks?
You are entitled to a one half-hour unpaid break every five consecutive hours. The half-hour break cannot unreasonably be denied. In certain circumstances where employees do not get the full half-hour break at one time...
How much compassionate care leave can I take?
An employee can take up to 28 weeks of unpaid leave to provide care and support to a member of the employee's family who has been diagnosed with a serious medical condition carrying with it a significant...
Can I get unpaid leave to serve on a jury or court?
Employees can take unpaid leave if they must serve on a jury or the court says that they must appear as a witness. An unpaid leave of absence must be granted to an employee as a result of being...
Effective November 1, 2019, this leave provides up to three days of paid leave and an additional seven days of unpaid leave, in a twelve-month period, for employees to address the consequences of domestic violence, intimate partner violence or sexual...
Emergency Leave
This new leave is available retroactively to March 16, 2020, the date a Public Health Emergency was first declared in Prince Edward Island in relation to COVID-19.
This is an unpaid leave of absence from work, which continues as...
Can I take unpaid family leave?
An employee with six months of continuous service with the same employer, can take unpaid leaves of absence up to three days during a twelve-month period to meet immediate and extended family responsibilities.
Immediate...
An employee is entitled to an unpaid leave of absence of up to 37 weeks within a 52-week period to provide care and support to a critically ill child. A critically ill child is someone under 18 years of age whose life is at risk as a result of an illness...
An employee is entitled to an unpaid leave of absence of up to 52 weeks if the employee’s child disappears as a probable result of a crime. If an employee’s child dies as a probable result of a crime, an employee is entitled to an unpaid leave of absence...
You are eligible to apply for leave of absence from work to care for your newborn or newly adopted child as long as you have worked with the current employer for any 20 weeks in the previous 52 weeks of your leave.
How much notice do I need to provide...
The Employment Standards Act of Prince Edward Island gives employees who qualify eight holidays with pay:
New Year's Day
Islander Day (3rd Monday in February)
Good Friday
Canada Day
Labour Day
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (September...
Who is eligible for reservist leave?
An employee who is also a member of the Canadian Forces Reserves in entitled to an unpaid period of absence if that employee:
has been employed by the same civilian employer for at least six consecutive months;...
After three months continuous service with an employer, an employee is entitled to unpaid leaves of absence of up to three days for sick leave during a twelve-month period. If the employee takes three consecutive days, the employer may ask for a medical...
If an employee began working with a retail employer before the 17th day of March, 2007, that employee may refuse to work on any or all Sundays.
If an employee began working with a retail employer on the 17th day of March, 2007, up to and including the...
Where employees are not members of a labour union, the Employment Standards Act sets out the requirements for paid vacation.
If an employee is employed by the same employer for less than eight years, the Employment Standards Act says that employers must...