Yukon Employment Standards

Tombstone Mountains
Tombstone Mountains

The Employment Standards Act sets the minimum standards for employment in Yukon. It protects the rights of employers and employees in an employment relationship by defining the responsibilities and duties of each person in the relationship.

Topics Include:

  • General Information
  • General Exemption Regulation
  • Hours of Work and Overtime
  • Minimum Wage and Minimum Wage Regulation
  • Vacation and Vacation Pay
  • General Holidays
  • Termination of Employment
  • Payment of Wages
  • Complaints
  • Fair Wage Schedule
  • Maternity and Parental Leave
  • Equal Pay
  • Special Leave Without Pay (includes sick, bereavement, and compassionate care leave)
  • Employment Standards Board
  • Record Keeping

Contract

For information on
Yukon Employment
Standards Act:

Tel: 867-667-5944

http://www.community.gov.yk.ca/es.html

Holidays

There are 12 general holidays to note when planning your production schedule for Yukon.

  2016 2017 2018   
New Year's Day January 1 January 1  January 1
Yukon Heritage Day * February 26 February 24  February 16
Good Friday March 25 April 14  March 30
Easter Monday * March 28 April 27  April 2
Victoria Day May 23 May 24  May 21
Canada Day July 1 July 1  July 1
Discovery Day August 15 August 21  August 20
Labour Day September 5 September 4  September 3
Thanksgiving Day October 14 October 13  October 12
Remembrance Day November 11 November 11  November 11
Christmas Day. December 25 December 25  December 25
Boxing Day *. December 26 December 26  December 26

* Holidays which may be observed by some businesses and governments in Yukon