Vacation pay

Vacation pay is a percentage of your earnings, set by your province or the federal Code. Some employers add it to every cheque; others save it up and pay it when you take vacation.

On each cheque, or saved up

1. Open the Jobs tab and tap your job.

2. Under How you're paid, turn on Vacation pay on each cheque if your stub shows vacation pay every pay period.

3. Tap Save.

When it's on, Paycheq adds vacation pay to each cheque's earnings, and it's taxed with the rest of your pay. When it's off, Paycheq doesn't add it. That's how cheques look when vacation pay is saved up.

The percentage

The percentage depends on how long you've worked there. Set Started this job in your job's Pay schedule, so Paycheq uses the right one. Without a start date, Paycheq uses the starting percentage.

The minimums in the law:

• British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories, Nunavut: 4%, then 6% after 5 years.

• Saskatchewan: 3/52 of wages (about 5.77%), then 4/52 (about 7.69%) after 10 years.

• New Brunswick: 4%, then 6% after 8 years.

• Nova Scotia: 4%, then 6% from the start of the eighth year.

• Newfoundland and Labrador: 4%, then 6% after 15 years.

• Yukon: 4%.

• Federal sector: 4%, then 6% after 5 years and 8% after 10 years.

Your contract may pay more. Paycheq uses the law's percentage.

Suggested image: the Earnings card with a Vacation pay line.

Good to know

• Vacation pay shows on the Pay screen under Earnings, with its percentage.

• On the Week screen, vacation pay is spread across the days you worked.

• Vacation pay for vacation you take isn't tracked yet.

• Estimates only. Not legal advice.