Time, Leave & Special Pay

This section explains payroll terms that appear when compensation is connected to leave, paid time away from work, or other special-pay treatment rather than ordinary straight-time work.

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• Vacation Pay explains how vacation-related amounts appear in Canadian payroll.
• Vacation Accrual explains the buildup side of vacation entitlement in payroll records.
• Vacation Year explains the longer measurement cycle used for vacation entitlement.
• Retroactive Pay explains how backdated earnings adjustments show up in a current payroll run.
• Leave Without Pay explains how unpaid time away from work changes payroll results.
• Statutory Holiday Pay explains payroll treatment for public-holiday-related pay.

Questions This Section Answers

• How does vacation pay show up in payroll?
• How is vacation accrual different from vacation pay?
• How does retroactive pay affect a current pay stub?
• What happens to payroll when time away from work is unpaid?
• How is leave-related pay different from ordinary wages?
• When do special-pay questions start to overlap with final-pay or termination issues?

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• Earnings & Compensation for the broader compensation language that sits behind payroll.
• Employment Status, ROE & Termination for payroll language that can matter when leave and final-pay issues overlap.
• Taxable Benefits & Allowances for other payroll amounts that are not ordinary straight-time earnings.

In this section

• Leave Without Pay
  What leave without pay means in Canadian payroll and how unpaid time away from work affects pay stubs, deductions, and interruption-of-earnings questions.
• Retroactive Pay
  What retroactive pay means in Canadian payroll and how backdated earnings adjustments affect gross pay, deductions, and year-to-date totals.
• Statutory Holiday Pay
  What statutory holiday pay means in Canadian payroll and why it differs from ordinary wages, vacation pay, and other special-pay lines.
• Vacation Accrual
  What vacation accrual means in Canadian payroll and how it differs from vacation pay and the vacation year used to measure entitlement.
• Vacation Pay
  What vacation pay means in Canadian payroll, where it appears, and why it differs from ordinary wages and vacation accrual.
• Vacation Year
  What a vacation year means in Canadian payroll and why it differs from a pay period, calendar year, or the vacation accrual balance itself.