BC
British Columbia — overtime & stat holiday pay
Rule version v1.0.0 · last verified 2026-05-17
Not legal or payroll advice.
These calculations follow our best reading of each province’s Employment Standards Act, but rules vary by employee classification, collective agreement, industry-specific exemptions, and edge cases we cannot detect. Treat the values as estimates only and confirm with a payroll professional or accountant before processing pay.
See the provincial labour-law reference for the formula we apply per province.
Overtime
after 8h/day @ 1.5× (time-and-a-half), after 12h/day @ 2× (double-time); after 40h/week @ 1.5× (time-and-a-half)
Statutory-holiday eligibility
tenure ≥ 30 days from hire date; must have worked 15 of the last 30 calendar days before the holiday
Stat-holiday pay formula
Average daily wage over the 30 calendar days before the holiday ÷ number of days actually worked in that window (overtime hours excluded)
When the employee works the holiday
If the employee works the holiday: stat pay PLUS the first 12 hours worked × wage × 1.5 PLUS any hours past 12 × wage × 2 (BC ESA §46). Stat pay is paid even if the employee does not work that day (when eligible).
Why some calculations always need review
- We use current shift data × current hourly wage as the lookback wages. Vacation pay, paid sick leave, and historical wage changes are not yet tracked — this can shift the stat-pay number slightly.
Sources
How Maxuod Shift applies this rule
When the auto-estimate engine is enabled in Settings and a British Columbia payroll week contains a paid statutory holiday, the engine partitions the week into worked-holiday days, non-worked-but-eligible holidays, and regular days, applies the rules above, and computes an adjustment equal to the provincial-required gross minus what your existing payroll already paid. The adjustment is shown on the payroll page as an estimate; it does not enter gross pay until you confirm it.