Unpaid vacations and continuous work experience

[johnmunch]

Hi all,

I am in an urgent need to clarify the following. Do 2 to 3 weeks of holidays which are unpaid (as I am paid on a per session basis) at the end of the year constitute a "break in continuity"?


If I work 13 hours in one week, 0 the next, then 7 in the followingm does the second week in my example constitue a break in continuity?

 

[DelPiero07]

"Break in continuity of employment (SW1 and SW3)

For applicants in the SW1 category and temporary foreign workers in the SW3 category, anticipated short breaks between jobs are acceptable. For example, if an applicant is employed in one occupation for a 4 month contract and before the end of that contract, has secured other employment that will begin shortly after the end of the first contract, this break in continuity would be acceptable. For SW1 applicants the occupations must be one that is listed in the MI."

SW = skilled worker

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2010/ob173.asp

Basically it just falls under the officer's discretion as to what is considered an acceptable break.

 

[johnmunch]

Yes I have seen that MI. However, even during a small break such as the one I desribed, I am still employed still earning money that month ,,, so if a "small break" in between jobs i.e. being unemployed is "acceptable", I would think a situation such as mine would be too, right ?

 

[DelPiero07]

Possibly, but that's not for me to decide.

 

[johnmunch]

thanks delpiero