Yukon: the official figures for 2026

These are all the figures of jurisdictions.yukon in the data file: eight loose figures and six tables with 31 rows, each with the statute it comes from, when it took effect and how far it has been verified.

Updated September 6, 2026 · Figures verified against the statutes of each jurisdiction · see all figures and their sources

It is one of the 14 pages of the Jurisdictions block, inside official figures. The raw data is in legal-data-2026.json.

Verified: Read in the primary source: the consolidated text of the statute or regulation itself.
Secondary source: The rule and the starting figures are official, but the resolved figure is not published by any authority: we work it out and show the arithmetic.
Not yet verified: We have not been able to confirm it against the primary source yet. It appears here for transparency and is not published as a firm figure on any other page of the site: the production build stops if anyone tries.

`jurisdictions.yukon`

Figures in `jurisdictions.yukon`
Key	Value	Source	Validity	Status
`yukon.notice.qualifying_service` Six consecutive months. The same threshold applies to the notice an employee must give.	6 months	Employment Standards Act, s. 50 — Notice required	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`yukon.severance.exists` The Employment Standards Act contains no severance pay entitlement.	No	Employment Standards Act, R.S.Y. 2002, c. 72	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`yukon.group_termination.threshold`	25 employees	Employment Standards Act, s. 58 — Notice to director (group termination)	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`yukon.group_termination.window`	4 weeks	Employment Standards Act, s. 58 — Notice to director (group termination)	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`yukon.holidays.count` Eleven general holidays, including Discovery Day, which only Yukon has.	11	Employment Standards Act, s. 1 — Definitions, including "general holiday"	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`yukon.final_pay.days_after_termination`	7 days	Employment Standards Act, s. 65 — Time for payment of wages	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`yukon.final_pay.days_after_quit` Section 65(2) applies when employment is terminated "at any time", which covers a resignation.	7 days	Employment Standards Act, s. 65 — Time for payment of wages	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06
`yukon.complaint.deadline` Six months, counted from the day the wages should have been paid; for anything other than wages, six months from when the matter arose.	6 months	Employment Standards Act, s. 73 — Complaints	—	Verified Reviewed 2026-09-06

Table `yukon.notice.schedule.rows`
`service_from_years`	`service_to_years`	`weeks`
0.50 years	1 year	1 week
1 year	3 years	2 weeks
3 years	4 years	3 weeks
4 years	5 years	4 weeks
5 years	6 years	5 weeks
6 years	7 years	6 weeks
7 years	8 years	7 weeks
8 years	—	8 weeks

Source: Employment Standards Act, s. 50 — Notice required. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `yukon.notice.employee_notice.rows`
`service_from_years`	`service_to_years`	`weeks`
0.50 years	2 years	1 week
2 years	4 years	2 weeks
4 years	6 years	3 weeks
6 years	—	4 weeks

Source: Employment Standards Act, s. 50 — Notice required. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `yukon.notice.temporary_layoff_limits.rows`
`label`	`max_value`	`max_unit`	`window_value`	`window_unit`	`condition`	`source`	`quote`
Basic limit	13	weeks	20	weeks	—	yt_esa_s48	not exceeding 13 weeks of layoff in a period of 20 consecutive weeks
Recall inside the director's time	—	—	—	—	A layoff longer than 13 weeks still counts as temporary if your employer calls you back inside a time the director sets.	yt_esa_s48	exceeding 13 weeks of layoff, if the employer recalls the employee to employment within a time set by the director
Extension with leave of the board	—	—	—	—	Once the layoff has passed the limit, your employer may ask the Employment Standards Board for leave to extend it, for whatever time the board orders.	yt_esa_s53	the employer may, with leave of the board, extend the period of the temporary layoff of the employee for any period of time the board may order

Source: Employment Standards Act, s. 48 — Interpretation, temporary layoff and terminate. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `yukon.group_termination.schedule.rows`
`employees_from`	`employees_to`	`weeks`
25	49	4 weeks
50	99	8 weeks
100	299	12 weeks
300	—	16 weeks

Source: Employment Standards Act, s. 58 — Notice to director (group termination). Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `yukon.vacation.schedule.rows`
`service_from_years`	`service_to_years`	`weeks`	`pay_percent`
0 years	—	2 weeks	4%

Source: Employment Standards Act, s. 21 — Entitlement to vacation with pay. Reviewed on September 6, 2026.

Table `yukon.holidays.list.rows`
`name`	`date_rule`
New Year's Day	January 1
Good Friday	Friday before Easter Sunday
Victoria Day	Monday before May 25
National Indigenous Peoples Day	June 21
Canada Day	July 1
Discovery Day	Third Monday in August
Labour Day	First Monday in September
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation	September 30
Thanksgiving Day	Second Monday in October
Remembrance Day	November 11
Christmas Day	December 25

Source: Employment Standards Act, s. 1 — Definitions, including "general holiday". Reviewed on September 6, 2026.