Alberta Employment Standards

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Alberta Employment Standards

• CTR1010
• Job Preparation

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Objectives

• You will be able to define young person
  according to Employment Standards Regulations
• Identify broad employment standards categories
• Develop specific knowledge regarding wages, hours
  of work, termination general holidays
• Where to access information on employment
  standards

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QUESTION If an employee arrives for their
scheduled shift and is immediately sent home,
regardless of the reason, how many hours pay is
the employee entitled to at the minimum rate?

• Do you know the answer to that question?
• What is minimum wage and how are earnings paid
  out?
• How many hours are you allowed to work and what
  amount of rest time must be allotted between work
  hours?
• What is overtime and overtime pay?
• How do you obtain General Holidays and Holiday
  Pay?
• What are the rules regarding termination of
  employment?

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Employment Standards for Adolescents Young
Persons
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Who is covered by the code?

• The Employment Standards Code applies to
• Part time workers
• Full time workers
• Casual, temporary student workers
• Commissioned sales staff
• Salaried workers
• Pieceworkers
• The code does NOT cover
• Out of province, inter-provincial employees
• Employees covered by other Acts
• Employees who fall under Federal Jurisdiction
• Collective Agreements

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What are Wages?

• Salary, Pay, Commission or any other
  Remuneration, no matter how it is calculated.
• Does NOT include
• Tips,
• Expenses
• Unearned Bonus
• Wages
• May be paid by Direct Deposit
• Must be paid to employee by Cash, Cheque or Money
  Order
• Greater Benefits can be enforced
• Wages can be reduced by notifying employee prior
  to pay period which the deduction is to take
  place.

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More on Wages

• Pay Periods
• No longer than one month
• Payment within 10 days of end of pay period
• Wages following termination
• If an employee quits with no notice, wages are
  held for a period of notice (usually 2 weeks)
  plus an additional 10 days
• If adequate notice is given, wages must be paid
  within 3 days
• If no notice is required, wages must be paid
  within 10 days.

• Minimum Wage
• Effective October 1, 1999 minimum wage in Alberta
  is 5.90 per hour (regardless of age ie. No
  separate minimum wage for students anymore)
• Some salespersons - 236/wk
• If an employee arrives for a scheduled shift and
  is sent home for any reason, the employee is
  entitled to 3 hours show up pay at the minimum
  wage.

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Deductions from Wages

• Income Tax
• Employment Insurance
• Canada Pension (age requirement)
• Alberta Health Care
• Garnishee (wages withheld due to a court order
  for payment of unpaid bills)

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YOUR Paycheque

• Payroll records must include
• Name, address, birthdate
• Overtime agreements
• Time off for O.T. taken
• Vacations taken dates pay
• Deductions, reason amount
• General holiday dates and pay
• Hours of work recorded daily
• Wage O.T. rates changes
• Wages O.T. paid
• Dates of employment
• Parental Documents
• Termination
• Notice of pay
• All the above payroll records must be kept in
  Alberta for 3 years.

• Your Pay Statement must include
• Regular and O.T. (overtime) hours of work
• Wage Rate and O.T. rate
• Earnings paid, itemized
• Deductions, amounts and reason
• Time off instead of O.T.
• Period of Employment covered.
• No Deductions are permitted for
• Cash shortages
• Faulty workmanship

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Hours of Work Overtime

• No more than 12 hours in a day - inclusive of all
  breaks UNLESS
• Accident
• Urgent work
• Unforeseeable emergency
• Shift Changes
• 24 hours notice in writing
• 8 hours of rest in between shifts
• Rest
• 1/2 hour break for every shift in excess of 5
  hours
• Days off - one day of rest/week, may be
  accumulated up to 4 weeks, then 4 days off

• Overtime Hours
• After you have worked 8 hours in a day or 44
  hours in a week, any work after that is
  considered overtime.
• Overtime Pay is time and one-half
• Exceptions to this overtime rule is
• True Managers/Supervisors
• Employees exempted by Regulation

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Holidays

• Legislated holidays in Alberta
• New Years Day (Jan)
• Alberta Family Day (Feb)
• Good Friday (Mar or Apr)
• Victoria Day (May)
• Canada Day (Jul)
• Labour Day (Sept)
• Thanksgiving Day (Oct)
• Remembrance Day (Nov)
• Christmas Day (Dec)

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Qualifying for Holidays Pay

• To Qualify for General Holidays, the employee
• Must have worked 30 days in the 12 months
  preceding the Holiday
• Must not refuse to work on Holiday (in other
  words, if you want a holiday at a certain time,
  it is a wish abided by the employer and not time
  you absolutely cannot/will not work - then it
  becomes time off without pay)
• Must work the scheduled shift before and
  scheduled shift following Holiday

• Pay for General Holidays
• An amount at least equal to average daily wages
• An amount at least 1.5 times wages for each hour
  worked on that day
• Pay for General Holidays - Option 2
• An amount at least equal to wage overtime rate
  if overtime worked and one day off
• To be taken no later than next annual vacation
• Taken on normal day of work
• Paid at amount at least equal to average daily
  wage
• Pay for Gen. Holiday worked where it is NOT
  Regular day of work
• Employee paid time and a half

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WHAT? Youre Quitting?

• Termination by Employee
• Youve worked there more than 3 months? You need
  to give 1 week notice
• Youve worked there more than 2 years? You need
  to give 2 weeks notice
• Termination notice is not required if
• Personal health or safety is compromised
• Unpreventable circumstances
• Wages reduced
• Termination by Employer
• Over 3 months? 1 week notice
• 2 years? 2 weeks notice
• 4 years? 4 weeks notice
• 6 years? 5 weeks notice
• 8 years? 6 weeks notice
• 10 years? 8 weeks notice
• EXCEPTIONS Termination Notice (such as Just
  Cause, Seasonal Work, Construction Worker,
  Temporary lay off)

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ASSIGNMENT

• From the pick up box, open the Assignment called
• AB ES Quiz 1
• Complete the quiz, ask for a scantron form from
  Mrs. Irvine and hand in (ensure your first and
  last name is on the scantron)