Not that it affects us because we are self employed but just wanted to clarify in case anyone reading the thread is actually 'employed' and has a boss trying to tell them they do not get paid for Stats because they did not 'work' before or after the stat cause that is no longer current practice cause sadly there are many out there

However they have amended the language to say 'scheduled' shift .... so if you were scheduled to be on vacation over a stat holiday as long as you worked the last day before your vacation and the first day back from your vacation you would get paid 'something' based on the 20 days of work prior to the Stat /divided by 20 to determine your Stat payment. Plus even if you DID NOT work either the last or the first day back as long as you had a REASONABLE reason you would still be required to pay if you could provide documentation ... so if you were sick the Friday before your vacation started or had a family death at the end of your vacation and missed your first day back they would still have to pay you for the stat based on your entitlement of hours worked equation ... basically now a days it is just EASIEST for employers to pay everyone these days cause fighting people over 'reasonable' can lead to issue with discrimination and other Labor relations nightmares and well almost any Dr will right a 'so and so was sick' note for the fee

For those employed people who like to read up on their rights
Qualifying for Public Holiday Entitlements

Generally, employees qualify for the public holiday entitlement unless they:
  • fail without reasonable cause to work all of their last regularly scheduled day of work before the public holiday or all of their first regularly scheduled day of work after the public holiday (this is called the "Last and First Rule");
    or
  • fail without reasonable cause to work their entire shift on the public holiday if they agreed to or were required to work that day.

Most employees who fail to qualify for the public holiday entitlement are still entitled to be paid premium pay for every hour they work on the holiday.

Qualified employees can be full time, part time, permanent or on contract. They can also be students. It does not matter how recently they were hired, or how many days they worked before the public holiday.

The "Last and First Rule"

The "last regularly scheduled day of work before the public holiday" and the "first regularly scheduled day of work after the public holiday" do not have to be the days right before and right after the holiday.

For example, an employee might not be scheduled to work the day right before or after the holiday. As long as the employee works all of his or her last regularly scheduled shift before the holiday and all of the first one after it, or provides reasonable cause for not working either of those days, he or she meets this qualifying criterion.

Reasonable Cause

An employee is generally considered to have "reasonable cause" for missing work when something beyond his or her control prevents the employee from working. Examples include, but are not limited to: absences related to personal emergency leave (i.e. personal illness, injury or medical emergency, and the death, illness, injury, medical emergency or urgent matter relating to certain family members and dependent relatives) as well as absences for family medical leave.

Employees are responsible for showing that they had reasonable cause for staying away from work. If they can do so, they still qualify for public holiday entitlements.

https://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english...icholidays.php

Also another misconception out there still is that you have to have worked for the company for 3 or 6 months in order to be get paid ~ that is no longer true either. Or that part time and contract employees are not entitled to Public Holiday pay ... Unless specifically listed in the 'exempt from rule' every employee on the schedule whose worked at least 1 of the 20 days leading up to a stat is suppose to get paid for stats it just would be 'prorated' based on the hours they have worked in the 20 days prior divided by 20 to determine the 'public holiday pay' ... so it might only be a fraction of a full days pay but hey every $ helps a household