Is vacation pay based on my total earnings?

Vacation pay is based on your wages including

• salary,
• hourly pay,
• commissions and other incentive-based pay, and
• pay for time off given in place of overtime worked.

It does not include

• overtime pay,
• general holiday pay,
• termination pay,
• expenses or allowances,
• tips or other gratuities, or
• unearned bonuses.

Vacation pay is added as wages in order to calculate the next year's vacation pay.

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