Time

A standard 8:30 to 4:30 day (8 hours, paid lunch) is straight time. Overtime begins once you pass 8 hours in a day or 40 in a week. Daily and weekly overtime are never combined on the same hour, so you always receive whichever is greater.

Work the holiday and you receive 8 hours of pay plus 1.5× for every hour worked (2× past 12 hours in a day), which comes to roughly 2.5× a normal day.

Easter Monday and Boxing Day are not statutory holidays in BC. Past dates this year are crossed out.

You qualify once you've been employed 30 days and have worked or earned wages on 15 of the 30 days before the holiday. Most full-time crew qualify; if you're new or part-time, check with Matt. Before you qualify, hours worked on a holiday are paid at regular time, with no premium.

Vacation pay is that percentage of everything you earn, paid on every cheque rather than held back. Because it's paid as you go, the vacation time you take after your first year has already been paid through the year.

That's 8 job-protected sick days a year (5 paid, 3 unpaid). Both become available after your first 90 days with Peak. They reset each January 1 and don't carry over. Let Matt know as early as you can if you'll be off sick.

Your 30-minute lunch break is paid at Peak, so you stay on the clock and don't clock out for it. That's better than the BC minimum, which is an unpaid 30 minutes after 5 hours of work. If you're ever asked to work through lunch, you're still owed the full 30 minutes, so let Matt know.

There's also a 15-minute coffee break. It's unpaid and not required by law. The standard at Peak is to skip it and keep working. You're welcome to take it, but because it's unpaid, those 15 minutes get added to the end of your day.

Paid by direct deposit every two weeks on Friday, covering the prior two-week period. Your paystub itemizes hours, rate, gross, deductions, and vacation pay. Your hours from past periods are under Archived pay periods on the Other tab.

Report any injury to your lead and Matt immediately, even a minor one. All injuries have to be reported to WorkSafeBC. You also have the legal right to refuse unsafe work, and you cannot be penalized for it. When in doubt, stop and call.