Hi All
My wife and I (and our 3 young kids) are looking to move to the Calgary/Airdrie area from the UK around August 2018, we are just starting the process now.
One question I have though is, I understand you only get 2 weeks holiday entitlement in Canada once you have worked a year for a company, but if you are happy to take the financial impact, are you able to take unpaid leave? I currently get 27 days holiday in the UK, which is great and I except I won't get that in Canada, but could I get that if I was prepare to take the holiday time unpaid?
2 weeks holiday a years sounds like a very bad work/life balance to me, so do people in Canada take unpaid leave instead to get more time off or is it really all work and no play?
I wouldn't want to move my family half way across the world for a better life, to find I am actually in work all the time and never see them!
Thanks
Jase
My wife and I (and our 3 young kids) are looking to move to the Calgary/Airdrie area from the UK around August 2018, we are just starting the process now.
One question I have though is, I understand you only get 2 weeks holiday entitlement in Canada once you have worked a year for a company, but if you are happy to take the financial impact, are you able to take unpaid leave? I currently get 27 days holiday in the UK, which is great and I except I won't get that in Canada, but could I get that if I was prepare to take the holiday time unpaid?
2 weeks holiday a years sounds like a very bad work/life balance to me, so do people in Canada take unpaid leave instead to get more time off or is it really all work and no play?
I wouldn't want to move my family half way across the world for a better life, to find I am actually in work all the time and never see them!
Thanks
Jase