Calculations

OPTIONAL PERCENTAGE CALCULATION

Organizations may pay 50% minimum of an employee’s normal salary during paid leave, if they provide additional leave in proportion to the amount required when paying 60% of salary.

EXAMPLE
An employee earns $2,000/week.

• At 60% pay, they get $1,200/week ($2,000/week x .60 = $1,200/week).
• At 50% pay, they get $1,000/week ($2,000/week x .50 = $1,000/week).
  

If the organization offered 12 weeks of paid leave at 60%, the total compensation would be $14,400 ($1200/week x 12 weeks = $14,400).

In order to receive the same total compensation at 50% pay, the employee would need to receive 14.4 weeks of leave ($14,400/$1,000/week = 14.4 weeks).