{"id":31314,"date":"2026-06-10T15:01:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/?p=31314"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:01:05","slug":"paid-general-holiday-saint-jean-baptiste-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/en\/paid-general-holiday-saint-jean-baptiste-day-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Paid general holiday – Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row el_class=”header-image-row” css=”.vc_custom_1747162794911{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/onglet-decret-accueil.jpg?id=139) !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”false” css=”.vc_custom_1781118056096{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Paid general holiday – Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day 2026<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1747164281173{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1747164508258{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1747229902786{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

D\u00c9CRET<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”30″ el_class=”sidebar-page-menu”][vc_single_image image=”31306″ img_size=”medium” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1781117967195{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]What you need to know about june 24th, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 24th of June, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, is the National Holiday.<\/p>\n

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CALCULATION OF THE INDEMNITY TO BE PAID<\/strong>
\nThe employer must pay to the employee an indemnity equal to 1\/20 of the wages earned during the four complete weeks of pay preceding the week of 24 June, excluding overtime. However, the indemnity paid to an employee remunerated in whole or in part by commission must be equal to 1\/60 of the wages earned during the 12 complete weeks of pay preceding the week of 24 June.<\/p>\n

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FAQs<\/strong>
\n1. Can a statutory holiday be taken on another day?
\nNo, subject to some exceptions.<\/p>\n

Non-working day for an employee or an employee on vacation:
\nThe holiday must, in all cases, be taken on the working day preceding or following June 24. However, if, at that time, the employee is an annual leave, the holiday is taken at a date agreed upon by the employer and the employee.<\/p>\n

2. Can an employer require an employee to work on a statutory holiday?
\nNo, subject to some exceptions.
\nSee the Act respecting hours and days of admission to commercial establishments:
\nhttp:\/\/legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/showdoc\/cs\/H-2.1<\/a><\/p>\n

Holiday indemnity:
\nThe holiday indemnity is payable in addition to the hours worked.
\nTime over 10 hours\/day including the holiday is paid as overtime (+50%).
\nTime over 40 hours\/week including the statutory holiday is paid as overtime (+50%).<\/p>\n

***IMPORTANT***<\/strong>
\nThe above information is provided for information purposes and does not replace the National Holiday Act.<\/p>\n

RELATED LINKS<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/showDoc\/cs\/F-1.1?&digest=<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

June 24, 2026, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, is a statutory holiday in Quebec. Here are the main details to know about the holiday indemnity, applicable exceptions, and rules if an employee is required to work on that day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1791,"featured_media":31306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":[],"_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article-en"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3.-saint-jean-baptiste-2026-1024x1024.jpg","blog_images":{"medium":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3.-saint-jean-baptiste-2026-300x300.jpg","large":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3.-saint-jean-baptiste-2026-1024x1024.jpg"},"acf":[],"ams_acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1791"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31315,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31314\/revisions\/31315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpamontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}