Paid Time Off

Paid Wellness Day

Benefit:

United Rentals offers all active, full-time non-union employees one paid Wellness Day per year to engage with their doctor or participate in activities that support physical, emotional, or financial wellbeing.

  • Request your day off from your supervisor, then input your request into Workday using the Time Off (suitcase) app.
  • Engage with your doctor at an annual physical exam.
    You may also choose an activity that supports your physical, financial, or emotional wellbeing.
  • Some ideas:
  • Get outside for a hike, walk, or a new exercise
  • Volunteer for a cause that is important to you
  • Enjoy the rest of your Wellness Day. It’s all about you.

Parental Pay

Benefit:

Full-time, non-union employees receive 80 hours of regular weekly base to bond following the birth/adoption of their own child. Pay to be issued as a paycheck on your regular payroll cycle.

Note:

Parental pay can be taken between one month before or up to six months following the birth/adoption of your child(ren).

Pregnancy Pay (Pregnant employee)

Benefit:

40 hours of regular weekly base pay to cover the first week of an employee’s absence due to pregnancy. This covers the waiting period during which you will not receive Employment Insurance benefits through Service Canada.

Note:

To avoid the Employment Insurance waiting period to restart, United Rentals will pay the 40 hours of company pregnancy disability pay at the conclusion of Employment Insurance benefit payments, upon return to work.

Employees accrue vacation time and pay from their date of hire.⁴ Full-Time and Part-Time Employees
Weeks of Vacation Time Accrued every 12 months Vacation Pay (% of wages)
Less than 5 years¹ 2 weeks 4%
5 Years or More 3 weeks 6%²
10 Years or More 4 weeks 8%³
Vacation Carry Over

Employees are expected (and where applicable, required) to use their vacation time each year. Location Managers must make every effort to ensure that employees take vacation time during the year in which it is earned.

In some circumstances, employees may be permitted to carry over vacation time beyond the year in which it was earned subject to management approval and applicable statutory requirements.⁵
Sick Hourly Employees Salaried Employees
Accrual

Regular hourly (non-exempt) employees accrue paid sick leave at the rate of .02308 multiplied by the number of straight time hours paid (up to a maximum of 6 days per year). This is reduced proportionately if the employee works less than
40 hours per week.

Examples

  • 40 hours/week
    8 hours x 5 days = 40 hours
    40 hours x 52 weeks = 2,080 hours
    2,080 hours x .02308 = 48 hours
  • 30 hours/week
    6 hours x 5 days = 30 hours
    30 hours x 52 weeks = 1,560 hours
    1,560 hours x .02308 = 36 hours

Full time salaried (exempt) employees accrue paid sick leave at the rate of .02308 multiplied by the number of straight time hours paid (up to a maximum of 6 days/year). This is reduced proportionately if the employee works less than 40 hours per week. Full time employees must work at least 30 hours/week to be eligible to accrue any sick leave.

Examples

  • 40 hours/week
    8 hours x 5 days = 40 hours
    8 hours x 5 days = 40 hours
    2,080 hours x .02308 = 48 hours
  • 30 hours/week
    6 hours x 5 days = 30 hours
    30 hours x 52 weeks = 1,560 hours
    1,560 hours x .02308 = 36 hours
Payout Unused sick time is paid out annually in December (max 48 hours or 6 days). Unused sick time may carry over annually (max 112 hours). Sick time is not paid out if your employment ends.

¹In Saskatchewan, employees with less than ten years’ service accrue 3 weeks of vacation every twelve months. In Quebec, employees with more than three years’ service accrue 3 weeks of vacation every twelve months.
²Vacation pay in Saskatchewan for employees with less than 10 years of service is 3/52 of annual earnings rather than 6%.
³Vacation pay in Saskatchewan for employees with 10 or more years of service is 4/52 of annual earnings rather than 8%.
⁴In British Columbia and Newfoundland, the employee must have been employed for at least five (5) days to receive vacation pay.
⁵For example, in Ontario, employees must take vacation time within 10 months after the year it was earned and it New Brunswick, vacation time must be taken 4 months after. However, management still reserves the right to schedule vacation time.

Vacation time and sick time are not accrued during a leave of absence.
Please refer to the appropriate PPBs for full policy details:
Sick Leave Hourly PPB 3J.004
Sick Leave Salaried PPB 3J.037
CN Vacation PPB 3J.002