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mburu

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Jul 13, 2017
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Hello,

I just gathered my 1560 hours of work in Canada, but during the year I took 2 weeks of unpaid vacation. One in spring and one in winter. There were also times when I worked under 30 hours per week and the missing days were not paid as I had previously used my paid sick days.
Do I still fall under the category of 'continuous' work?
 
Thanks, and if I wanted the Federal Skilled Workers Programme, would I fall under 'continuous'
 
mburu said:
Thanks, and if I wanted the Federal Skilled Workers Programme, would I fall under 'continuous'
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For the Federal Skilled Workers Programme you need a foreign work experience; the one you have from Canada doesn't count. As long as you can prove that you actually have worked for these 1560 hours for a Canadian employer, you will be fine for CEC.
 
grizzling said:
. As long as you can prove that you actually have worked for these 1560 hours for a Canadian employer, you will be fine for CEC.
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This is not necessarily correct. You need to have 1 year (52 weeks) of full-time experience or the equivalent in part-time work (1560 hours, which by definition takes more than one year to achieve). Some people think if they work 1560 hours in 8 months they qualify, which is not correct.
 
jes_ON said:
This is not necessarily correct. You need to have 1 year (52 weeks) of full-time experience or the equivalent in part-time work (1560 hours, which by definition takes more than one year to achieve). Some people think if they work 1560 hours in 8 months they qualify, which is not correct.
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Yeah, you totally right! My bad, sorry for any confusion I might have caused.
 
mburu said:
I just gathered my 1560 hours of work in Canada, but during the year I took 2 weeks of unpaid vacation. One in spring and one in winter. There were also times when I worked under 30 hours per week and the missing days were not paid as I had previously used my paid sick days.
Do I still fall under the category of 'continuous' work?
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How many weeks did you work that were full time? (30 or more hours per week).

Also, if you were paid an hourly wage instead of a salary, did you have 4% vacation pay included in each paycheck? Assuming your 2 weeks of "unpaid" vacation were the only 2 weeks of vacation you had, then you can count those two weeks as paid, and therefore counts as employment.
 
jes_ON said:
How many weeks did you work that were full time? (30 or more hours per week).

Also, if you were paid an hourly wage instead of a salary, did you have 4% vacation pay included in each paycheck? Assuming your 2 weeks of "unpaid" vacation were the only 2 weeks of vacation you had, then you can count those two weeks as paid, and therefore counts as employment.
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I'm on an hourly wage. I had 2 weeks of paid vacation in the spring. However, during that same holiday, I took a third one that was unpaid. And in December I took another unpaid vacation.
So, would those 2 unpaid weeks disqualify me for "continuous" work?
 
mburu said:
I'm on an hourly wage. I had 2 weeks of paid vacation in the spring. However, during that same holiday, I took a third one that was unpaid. And in December I took another unpaid vacation.
So, would those 2 unpaid weeks disqualify me for "continuous" work?
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As previously stated, there is no requirement for "Continuous" work in Canada. However, you cannot count those 2 weeks of unpaid leave toward your work experience.
 
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