What happens to the Live-in Caregiver salary when family goes on holiday????

[Vaneshree]

So my host family has gone on a ten day holiday and because of this my own livelihood has dropped to half. They will also be gone for a week next month. I came to Canada expecting a more stable income. What is the correct expectation in this case regarding Caregivers?? Thank you.

 

[mandip]

hi
is there any vacation mentioned in your contract?
did you go anywhere personally for your own vacation?

 

[Vaneshree]

Hi, I am very new here. My contract with the family is just under three months old, so naturally I have not taken a vacation. There was nothing mentioned in the contract about what happens if they go one holidays etc. the written agreement is I work 40hours a week. They did verbally mention that when they go away they will just pay me for the hours and we will "bank it". However since there is major conflict about many things (I was never covered on the health insurance etc) I will be leaving , just wondering if they are allowed to not pay even though I was available to work and we agreed I would get 40hours a week?