Annual vacation with pay (Part I Vacations with Pay) (paid). Sick and family responsibility leave (unpaid). Pregnancy leave (unpaid). Adoption leave (unpaid). Parental leave (unpaid). Compassionate care leave (unpaid). Critically ill child care leave (Leave Related to Critical Illness) (unpaid). Critically ill adult care leave (Leave Related to Critical Illness) (unpaid). Leave Related to Long-Term Illness, Long-Term Injury and Organ Donation (unpaid). Communicable disease emergency leave (unpaid).
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Annual vacation with pay (Part I Vacations with Pay) (paid). Sick and family responsibility leave (unpaid). Pregnancy leave (unpaid). Adoption leave (unpaid). Parental leave (unpaid). Compassionate care leave (unpaid). Critically ill child care leave (Leave Related to Critical Illness) (unpaid). Critically ill adult care leave (Leave Related to Critical Illness) (unpaid). Leave Related to Long-Term Illness, Long-Term Injury and Organ Donation (unpaid). Communicable disease emergency leave (unpaid).
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Programs
Name
Annual vacation with pay (Part I Vacations with Pay)
Paid
yes
Condition
an employee works for an employer at least 90% of the normal working hours in a continuous 12 month period, beginning on the date of the start of employment or upon termination of a preceding 12 month period; vacation to be taken within 10 months after the end of the continuous 12 month period. Where subsection 8(1) or (1.1) does not apply, the employee is not entitled to annual vacation but is paid vacation pay of 4% (6% after 15 years of continuous employment); payment not required unless employed for 5 consecutive work days or more.
Funded by
employer
Annual max
2
Leave type
vacation
Service tiers
Annual max
2
Service min months
12
Vacation pay percent
4
Annual max
3
Service min months
180
Vacation pay percent
6
Annual max unit
weeks
Vacation pay percent
4
Eligibility service months
12
Name
Sick and family responsibility leave
Upcoming changes
No published changes are waiting to take effect.
Change history
Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
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paid_leave in ca-nl: version 1, effective 2026-10-24, published (new)
Annual vacation with pay (Part I Vacations with Pay) (paid). Sick and family responsibility leave (unpaid). Pregnancy leave (unpaid). Adoption leave (unpaid). Parental leave (unpaid). Compassionate care leave (unpaid). Critically ill child care leave (Leave Related to Critical Illness) (unpaid). Critically ill adult care leave (Leave Related to Critical Illness) (unpaid). Leave Related to Long-Term Illness, Long-Term Injury and Organ Donation (unpaid). Communicable disease emergency leave (unpaid).
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Paid
no
Condition
Employed under a contract of service with the same employer for a continuous period of 30 days; 7 days unpaid sick leave or family responsibility leave in a year. An unused portion of the period of leave provided for in this section expires at the end of the year in which it was granted.
Annual max
7
Leave type
sick
Annual max unit
days
Name
Pregnancy leave
Paid
no
Condition
Employed with the same employer for a period of 20 consecutive weeks immediately before the expected birth date; leave ends 17 weeks after it begins (for an employee entitled to parental leave).
Annual max
17
Leave type
family_medical
Job protected
yes
Annual max unit
weeks
Name
Adoption leave
Paid
no
Condition
Employed with the same employer for at least 20 consecutive weeks; leave ends 17 weeks after it began.
Annual max
17
Leave type
family_medical
Job protected
yes
Annual max unit
weeks
Name
Parental leave
Paid
no
Condition
Employed with the same employer for at least 20 consecutive weeks; parental leave ends on the earlier of 61 weeks after it began or 96 weeks after the day the child is born or comes into the care and custody of the parent for the first time.
Annual max
61
Leave type
family_medical
Job protected
yes
Annual max unit
weeks
Name
Compassionate care leave
Paid
no
Condition
Employed by the same employer for at least 30 days; up to 28 weeks to provide care or support to a family member with a serious medical condition with a significant risk of death within 26 weeks, as certified by a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner.
Annual max
28
Leave type
family_medical
Job protected
yes
Annual max unit
weeks
Name
Critically ill child care leave (Leave Related to Critical Illness)
Paid
no
Condition
Employed by the same employer for at least 30 days; up to 37 weeks to provide care or support to a critically ill child who is a family member, on a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner certificate.
Annual max
37
Leave type
family_medical
Job protected
yes
Annual max unit
weeks
Name
Critically ill adult care leave (Leave Related to Critical Illness)
Paid
no
Condition
Employed by the same employer for at least 30 days; up to 17 weeks to provide care or support to a critically ill adult who is a family member, on a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner certificate.
Annual max
17
Leave type
family_medical
Job protected
yes
Annual max unit
weeks
Name
Leave Related to Long-Term Illness, Long-Term Injury and Organ Donation
Paid
no
Condition
Employed with the same employer for a continuous period of 30 days; up to 27 weeks in a 52-week period; up to 104 weeks in a 104-week period where the long-term illness or injury results from a criminal offence; taken in periods of at least 2 weeks.
Annual max
27
Leave type
family_medical
Job protected
yes
Annual max unit
weeks
Name
Communicable disease emergency leave
Paid
no
Condition
Unpaid leave for reasons related to a communicable disease designated in the regulations, starting on the date prescribed in the regulations and for as long as the employee is not performing duties for a listed reason and the disease remains designated.
an employee works for an employer at least 90% of the normal working hours in a continuous 12 month period, beginning on the date of the start of employment or upon termination of a preceding 12 month period; and (b) the employment by that employee does not stop before the end of that 12 month period, the employer shall permit the employee, within 10 months after the end of the continuous 12 month period, to take an annual vacation of not less than 2 weeks, and shall pay to the employee at the time provided in section 10 wages amounting to 4% of the total wages earned by that employee during the 12 month period. … where an employee meets the requirements of subsection (1) and has completed 15 years of continuous employment with the same employer, the employer shall permit the employee within 10 months after the end of the 15 year period to take an annual vacation of not less than 3 weeks and shall pay to the employee at the time provided in section 10 wages amounting to 6% of the total wages earned by that employee during the 12 month period. … Where subsection 8(1) or (1.1) does not apply, the employee is not entitled as of right to an annual vacation, but the employer shall pay to the employee, on or before the times specified in subsection (2), (a) to an employee who has completed 15 years of continuous employment with the same employer, 6%; or (b) to an employee who has completed less than 15 years of continuous employment with the same employer, 4% … Payment is not required to be made by an employer under this section unless the employee has been employed by the employer for 5 consecutive work days or more. … 43.11 (1) An employee, having been employed under a contract of service with the same employer for a continuous period of 30 days, shall be granted by the employee’s employer a period of 7 days unpaid sick leave or family responsibility leave in a year. … (4) An unused portion of the period of leave provided for in this section expires at the end of the year in which it was granted. … A pregnant employee who has been employed under a contract of service with the same employer for a period of 20 consecutive weeks immediately before the expected birth date is entitled to a leave of absence without pay. … The pregnancy leave of an employee who is entitled to take parental leave ends 17 weeks after the pregnancy leave begins. … An employee who has been employed under a contract of service with the same employer for at least 20 consecutive weeks and who is the parent of a child is entitled to a leave of absence without pay following the coming of the child into the care and custody of the parent for the 1st time. … Adoption leave ends 17 weeks after it began … An employee who has been employed under a contract of service with the same employer for at least 20 consecutive weeks and who is the parent of a child is entitled to a leave of absence without pay following (a) the birth of the child; or (b) the coming of the child into the care and custody of the parent for the 1st time. … Parental leave ends on the earlier of (a) 61 weeks after it began; or (b) 96 weeks after the day the child is born or comes into the care and custody of the parent for the first time. … the terms of the contract of service subsisting at the time pregnancy, adoption or parental leave began shall be so resumed that the wages, duties, benefits and position of the employee are not less beneficial than those that subsisted before the pregnancy, adoption or parental leave began. … An employee who has been employed by the same employer for at least 30 days is entitled to a leave of absence without pay of up to 28 weeks to provide care or support to a family member of the employee where a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner issues a certificate stating that the family member has a serious medical condition with a significant risk of death within 26 weeks from … An employer shall reinstate an employee at the end of the employee’s leave of absence under this Part on terms and conditions that are not less beneficial than those that subsisted before the leave began. … An employee who has been employed by the same employer for at least 30 days is entitled to a leave of absence from employment without pay of up to 37 weeks to provide care or support to a critically ill child who is a family member … up to 17 weeks to provide care or support to a critically ill adult who is a family member … An employer shall reinstate an employee at the end of the employee’s leave of absence under this Part on terms and conditions that are not less beneficial than those that subsisted before the leave of absence began. … An employee, having been employed with the same employer for a continuous period of 30 days, is entitled to a leave of absence from employment without pay of up to 27 weeks in a 52-week period to receive extended medical care or to recover from a long-term illness, a long-term injury or an organ donation … is entitled to a leave of absence from employment without pay of up to 104 weeks in a 104-week period … A leave of absence under this Part shall be taken in periods of at least 2 weeks in duration. … An employer shall reinstate an employee at the end of the employee's leave of absence under this Part on terms and conditions that are not less beneficial than those that subsisted before the leave of absence began. … An employee is entitled to a leave of absence from employment without pay where the employee will not be performing the duties of the employee’s position because of one or more of the following reasons related to a designated communicable disease … An employer shall reinstate an employee at the end of the employee’s leave under this Part on terms and conditions that are not less beneficial than those that existed before the leave began.