Are banked hours considered towards the 1560 hrs experience requirement for PR application?

[Mariam A]

Due to my nature of work in the mining industry, I sometimes work 12-hour shifts for 2 weeks non-stop. During those two weeks I only cash out 40hr/week and bank the remaining hours. When I return from work, I typically take a week off my work to recoup and cash out my banked hours. So I am confused if these banked hours are considered as paid vacation hours because I have already taken 2 week paid vacation and the IRCC website states that “An allowance for a reasonable period of vacation time will generally be made in calculating the period of qualifying work experience (for example, a 2-week period of paid vacation leave within a given 52-week period in which the applicant was engaged in qualifying work experience).” Any guidance on this matter would be really helpful, thanks!

 

[Chasechs]

How many banked hours have you taken? Are you paid for the time of? When you have on for 2 weeks, roughly how many hours do you work per week?

 

[Mariam A]

During the continuous two week shifts, I work 84 hrs per week. I have used up about 120 banked hours till now. I also get 3 weeks paid vacation time per year, and so far I used up only 2weeks of my paid vacation time.

 

[Chasechs]

Full time jobs typically gives 75 or 80 hours bi-weekly. Getting 84 doesn't sound like a significant bank for you to be on and off every 2 weeks. Don't worry about the paid vacations thats not the issue here. You will have to deeply explain why any banked hours should count towards your work experience. If this is an industry standard working practice, you have to make that argument.

 

[Mariam A]

Thanks a lot for the advice!

 

[svisa]

Hey, I am also in the same situation as you are, was wondering what you did. I work full time in construction company and when the work is slow they pay me with banked hours that i collected(They pay 32hrs per week when work is slow from my banked hours). Will the banked hours count towards my work experience?