Paid/Unpaid Vacation

[steppppp]

I'm currently a contractor signed with an agency. I am a temporary employ with them, receive T4 and also get 4% vacation pay.
The company made all contractor take 2-week furlough during the summer and Christmas. So I wonder if the furloughs I took consider paid or unpaid vacation?

Thanks!

 

[k.h.p.]

I imagine you were not paid during the furlough?

 

[steppppp]

I imagine you were not paid during the furlough?

No, but I receive vacation pay on all my other paycheck.
Also they are out of country vacations.

 

[k.h.p.]

They're not paid vacations. You get pay in lieu of paid vacation - that's the 4%.

A paid vacation is where your regular pay is continued and you are not at work.

I frequently take paid vacation outside the country