Ohhh Kk, first things first! Unlimited Vacation policy?!! That is some sweet sweet deal man! What company is that? I'd kill to get employed by them even as a janitor! Hehe kidding!
I totally agree with this!!!
As long as you were paid and you can prove it, then you can most definitely count that towards your experience.
Alas, I do not entirely agree with this. Here is what IRCC says about vacation for CEC class:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/perm/econ/cec/work.asp
"An allowance for a reasonable period of vacation time will generally be made in calculating the period of qualifying work experience (e.g., a two-week period of paid vacation leave within a given 52-week period in which the applicant was engaged in qualifying work experience). An allowance for normal vacation time during a period of qualifying work experience cannot be used as a substitute or proxy for meeting the in-Canada element of the work experience requirement (i.e., work experience obtained outside Canada will not be considered as though the applicant had been on a period of vacation in order to be counted as part of the period of in-Canada work experience). While officers will account for a reasonable period of vacation time in calculating the period of qualifying work experience in Canada, each application is considered on its own merits with a final decision based on a review of all the information available to the officer at the time of decision."
"unlimited vacation" is outside of the realm of experience described by IRCC's guidelines - as you can see, "reasonable" starts at 2 weeks : ) If you claimed to have 6 weeks of vacation in the past year, IRCC would assume that means you're claiming you have 6 weeks of vacation every year (as opposed to an arrangement where you took 6 weeks in one year, having accrued vacation time by not using it the previous year, which would be the equivalent of 3 weeks). Six weeks might be credible if your NOC starts with 00, but otherwise...
So - here's my suggestion. Of course you have to document it, that means that it is part of your letter of reference from your employer.
But even with the letter, the VO may not consider that to be "reasonable" or credible. So I would advise adding 4 weeks of extra experience before claiming the 1 year. That way, if they discounted 3 of the 6 weeks of vacation time, you would still have the one year of experience.
