Should We Pay Our Company Driver When the Boss Is Away on Leave or Business Trips?

Since the driver's name is on your company's payroll, I presume that he is a regular employee of the company. Only in casual employment are no wages paid to the laborer when no work is available on any day, even though he presents himself at the worksite. In essence, in a casual type of engagement of labor for any work, no employer-employee relationship is created to bind them with the obligation of satisfying any mutual considerations. However, in regular employment, it is not certainly so. The driver is ready to drive the car even on a day when your boss is out of the station. It may be incidental that at times he takes leave on such days. It cannot be construed that he is entitled to any leave on days when the boss is out of station or is not eligible for salary just because there is no work, as he is not the reason for such a situation of no work for him. What about the boss's personal secretary? Will you ask her to go on leave whenever the boss is out of the office? I don't think that any Canadian Labor Law will have such a negative provision.