![]() ![]() “People should only share their seder with those people with whom they live.” However, this year, Rabbis are encouraging people again, to restrict the number of people at their seders or to live stream the event to stop the spread of COVID-19. The seder is typically a large gathering of friends and families. COVID-19 is also having a huge impact on Passover celebrations for 2021. Work is permitted only from March 30 to April 2, with certain restrictions. During this time, work is forbidden on the first two days (March 28-29) and the last two days (April 3–4). In 2021, Passover begins sunset on Saturday, March 27 and ends in the evening of Sunday, April 4. Passover (Pesach), a Jewish holiday, is an eight-day holiday that commemorates the deliverance of Hebrew slaves and exodus out of Egypt. While some area churches are able to offer services online, it won’t be the same annual Easter celebration for those who looked forward to celebrating together. However, this year they will have to celebrate by live streaming church services online. Usually, Christians head to church to celebrate. Click here to try PaySource free for 30 days! Religious observances and human rights lawĮaster is a holiday that is widely considered the most important day of the Christian calendar, marking the resurrection of Jesus. Consider consulting our payroll publication PaySource, which is a comprehensive source for Canadian payroll compliance information. There may be exemptions, special rules and additional requirements that may be found in the law and accompanying regulations of your jurisdiction. If an employee is required to work on Easter Monday and did not receive Good Friday off, the employee must be paid regular wages and get a substituted day off, with pay, at a later date. The employer may choose which day off it prefers, the Friday or Monday. In Quebec, however, if employers have not accommodated their employees on Good Friday with a day off with pay, they are required to provide employees with a day off with regular pay on Easter Monday. Although employers can provide such days as public holidays or allow employees to use them as floater days if they choose to do so. ![]() That said, unless specified otherwise under employment standards legislation or any other applicable laws, Easter Sunday and Monday are not considered public holidays requiring the employer to give a day off with public holiday pay. This may not necessarily be the circumstance for the provinces and territories. Regarding Easter Monday (April 5), the Federal Government, as well as certain federally regulated workplaces, recognize the day as a statutory holiday (e.g., Canada Revenue Agency). Under the authority of the Shops’ Closing Act, the Retail Business Holidays Act and other similar legislation, depending on the jurisdiction, all shops or retail businesses, other than those defined as exempt, are required to be closed. If an employee is required to work on Good Friday, the employee must be paid regular wages and get a substituted day off with pay at a later date, again, depending on the jurisdiction.Įaster Sunday, observed on April 4 this year, is a retail holiday in some provinces and territories. Depending on the jurisdiction, most employees are entitled to a day off with regular pay or public holiday pay. This continues to be so, even if employees are working remotely from home. Good Friday, observed on April 2 this year, is a statutory (public) holiday recognized across Canada. Employment standards requirements for Good Friday and Easter Those include banning or restricting all gatherings of more than 2 or 5 or 10 people (depending on the jurisdiction) and requiring individuals to keep a social distance of at least two metres away from one another.įamilies will continue to celebrate, as they did last year, Good Friday, Easter and Passover at home alone with their immediate family members living with them in the same house, or on their own, or by live streaming online with family or extended family and friends. COVID-19 pandemic precautions will continue. As the spread of the virus moves into its third wage, federal, provincial and territorial health authorities and governments continue to respond by issuing strong directives and advice. The spread of the virus in Canada and around the world continues to be a matter of grave concern for all of us. It has come to be the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or soonest after 21 March, but calculations vary in East and West.Įven in the COVID-19 era, these holidays are not put on hold. Easter and the holidays that are related to it are moveable feasts in that they do not fall on a fixed date in the Gregorian or Julian calendars which follow only the cycle of the sun rather, their dates are determined on a lunisolar calendar similar to the Hebrew calendar. Good Friday and Easter Sunday coincide with the Jewish observance of Passover in 2021. ![]()
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