Yes – part-time employees in Ontario can qualify for statutory holiday pay unless they: Don’t end up working on their last scheduled workday before the public holiday and first scheduled workday after the public holiday without giving a valid justification Don’t end up working on the public holiday when it was already agreed that they would, without giving a valid justification A valid justification would mean that the employee would have to prove that there was a factor out of their control that prevented them from being able to work that day.