Labour Standards Flash Cards

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Labour Standards Flash Cards
 
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If I work for a company owned by my friend, can I
be paid less than minimum wage?

• a) Yes
• b) No

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Answer b. No

• Minimum wage is the minimum amount of money per
  hour that workers covered by Saskatchewans
  Labour Standards Act can be paid. Minimum wage
  increases are scheduled as follows
• 9.25 (May 1/09)

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How many unpaid meal breaks can I take when I
work 8 hours?

• a) Three
• b) Two
• c) One

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Answer c. One

• Employees are entitled to one half-hour unpaid
  meal break within every 5 consecutive hours if
  he/she is scheduled to work 6 hours or more.

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Only female employees working in a restaurant
after 1230 a.m. are entitled to free
transportation home.

• a) True
• b) False

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Answer b. False

• All employees working in a restaurant, hospital,
  hotel, educational institution, or nursing home
  who finish work between 1230 a.m. and 700 a.m
  must be provided free transportation home.

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If I am required to wear a uniform in my job as a
service station attendant, my employer has to pay
for it.

• a) True
• b) False

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Answer b. False

• Only employees who work in hotels, restaurants,
  educational institutions, hospitals and nursing
  homes (excluding registered nurses) shall be
  provided with uniforms free of charge to the
  employee.

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Under Labour Standards, I am entitled to a coffee
or rest break every four hours.

• a) True
• b) False

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Answer b. False

• The Labour Standards Act does not require that
  coffee or rest breaks be granted to workers.
  However, where a coffee break is given, it should
  be a paid break.

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Meal breaks must be paid.

• a) True
• b) False

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Answer b. False

• Meal breaks are a 30 minute unpaid break.

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What is Minimum Callout?
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Answer

• Employees are entitled to a minimum amount of
  money each time they report for work even if
  there is no work for them that day. If they do
  work they get minimum call-out pay of 27.75 (May
  1, 2009) or the money they earn for the hours
  they worked, whichever is more. Students in
  grade twelve or lower are exempt during the
  school year. However, during the summer months
  they get minimum call-out pay.

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How much is overtime pay?

• a) 1.25 x the hourly wage
• b) 1.5 x the hourly wage
• c) 1.75 x the hourly wage

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Answer b

• 1.5 x the hourly wage.

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What is overtime?
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Answer

• For most workers, overtime is considered to be
  time worked over 8 hours in a day, over 40 hours
  in a week, or over 32 hours in a week with a
  public holiday.

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Students must be 16 before they can get a job.

• a) True
• b) False

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Answer b. True

• Under labour standards, you must be 16 to work
  in the province of Saskatchewan. Fourteen and 15
  year olds can work if they have both the written
  consent of one of their parents or guardians and
  a certificate of completion from the Young Worker
  Readiness Certificate Course.

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What is minimum wage?

• a) 6.65
• b) 6.00
• 7.55
• None of the above

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Answer a.

• d) none of the above.
• Minimum wage is 9.25 (May 1/09)

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My employer must post work schedules telling me
when my work begins and ends over a period of at
least one week.

• a) True
• b) False

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Answer a. True

• Employers must give their employees notice of
  when their work begins and ends over a period of
  at least one week. The notice should be in
  writing and posted where it can be easily seen by
  employees.
• Employers must give one weeks notice of change
  in schedule.

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What is Just Cause for dismissal?
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Answer

• Just Cause for dismissal is when the employer
  is seen as justified in firing an employee.
  Usually very serious offences such as fraud or
  theft are considered Just Cause. No pay in
  lieu of notice is owed if the employee was fired
  for Just Cause.

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Before I am eligible for notice I am being laid
off, I must have worked

• a) 3 months
• b) 6 months
• c) 12 months

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Answer a. 3 months

• Three months is generally regarded as a
  probation period. Employers are not required to
  give employees notice or pay in lieu of notice
  that they are being laid off during this
  probation period.

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When I quit my job, I must give my employer
notice that I am leaving of

• a) 2 weeks
• b) 3 months
• c) No notice

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Answer c. No notice

• Labour Standards does not require employees to
  give their employer notice they are leaving their
  position. However, it is recommended that
  employees give their employers notice.

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What is pay in lieu of notice?
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Answer

• Pay in lieu (instead) of notice is payment of
  the employees normal wages for the required
• notice period.
• An employee is to receive pay in lieu of
  notice when employers have not given proper
  written notice they are laying the employee off.
• .

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Labour Standards provides all employees with paid
sick leave.

• a) True
• b) False

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Answer b. False

• For illnesses or injuries that are not serious,
  employees are entitled to 12 days of unpaid leave
  each year.

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What is public holiday pay?

• a) Pay I get whenever there is a public holiday
• b) Pay I get only if the holiday falls on a
  regular day of work for me.

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Answer a.

• Pay for whenever there is a public holiday. It
  is calculated by multiplying the regular wages
  earned in the 4 weeks before the holiday by 1/20
  (5).

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As a casual, temporary, seasonal or part-time
worker, I am entitled to annual holiday pay.

• a) True
• b) False

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Answer a. True

• All employees to whom The Labour Standards Act
  applies, no matter the number of hours they work
  (full-time, part-time, casual, seasonal) get
  annual holiday pay.

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After working part-time for a year for the same
employer, I am entitled to vacation leave (annual
holidays) of

• a) One week
• b) Two weeks
• c) Three weeks

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Answer c.

• c) Three weeks.

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What is annual holiday pay?
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Answer

• Money that is paid for annual vacation whether
  or not you take it. It is calculated by
  multiplying your total wages for a year by 3/52nd
  or approximately 6.

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Name two public holidays.
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Answer

• Saskatchewan has ten public holidays New
  Years Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria
  Day, Canada Day, Saskatchewan Day, Labour Day,
  Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, and Christmas
  Day.

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As a casual employee, I am entitled to annual
holidays.

• a) True
• b) False

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Answer a. True

• Employees in Saskatchewan are entitled to annual
  holidays, no matter the number of hours they
  work. This includes casual, seasonal, part-time
  and full-time employees.

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My employer can deduct cash shortages or the cost
of replacing equipment I break from my pay
cheque.

• a) True
• b) False

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Answer b. False

• Only deductions required by law (CPP,
  Employment Insurance, Income Tax) or voluntary
  employee purchases can be deducted from your
  wages. Employers may recover other costs only if
  they take the employee to court and win.

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My employer must provide me with a pay stub
showing the amount of holiday pay I have earned
for that pay period.

• a) True
• b) False

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Answer a. True

• Your pay cheque must include a detachable pay
  stub that shows among other items, the public and
  annual holiday pay you have earned during that
  pay period.