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- Register for a webinar to learn more about Employment Standards rules and responsibilities.
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Alberta Employment Standards General Overview – posted on July 9, 2024
This session provides a general overview of Employment Standards legislation. Employment Standards legislation outlines the minimum standards that must be met in a workplace and establishes a framework for how these rules can be administered and enforced. Exemptions are noted. Topics covered include: wages, deductions, overtime, general holiday pay, vacation pay, temporary layoffs, job-protected leaves, and termination notice and pay.
Minimum Wage - What are Wages? – posted on July 9, 2024
Learn about what is included in the calculation of wages. Wages exclude overtime, vacation pay, holiday pay, gifts, bonus, tips and expenses. Employees are entitled to at least three hours at the minimum wage for shifts under three hours in length but there can be exceptions. Additionally, find out how employees are paid for meetings or training outside of regular work times and under what circumstances travel time is considered work time.
Payment of Earnings: Basic Rules Mini-Overview – posted on July 9, 2024
Employers must pay their employees at least once a month or use daily, weekly, bi-weekly or semi-monthly pay periods. Earnings must be paid within 10 days after the end of the pay period in which they were earned. Find out how earnings and final pay need to be paid and what the rules are regarding pay statements and what can and cannot be deducted from earnings.
Overtime Mini-Overview – posted on July 9, 2024
Find out if you are entitled to overtime pay. Overtime is all hours worked over eight hours a day, or 44 hours in a week – whichever is greater. Some professions are exempt and special rules may apply to certain industries. Employees are typically paid overtime at 1.5x their hourly rate unless there is a written agreement in place that states otherwise.
Employment standards rules – Overtime hours and overtime pay
General Holidays and Holiday Pay Mini-Overview – posted on July 9, 2024
Most employees are entitled to time off with pay or additional pay for general holidays, sometimes called statutory or stat holidays. Alberta has nine general holidays and four additional optional holidays that employers may also choose to recognize as general holidays. Learn about general holiday pay eligibility requirements to receive a day off with pay or 1.5x your wage rate for working on the holiday, and how general holiday pay is calculated. Exceptions may apply in specific sectors, such as construction, or for farm and ranch workers.
Vacation Pay and Entitlements Mini-Overview – posted on July 9, 2024
Learn about vacation time and vacation pay, including what happens if your job ends before your first anniversary and how vacation pay must be paid. Understand how vacation pay is calculated and what happens if there is a scheduling disagreement for a vacation request.
Termination Notice and Termination Pay Mini-Overview - posted on July 9, 2024
Learn about minimum standards to end an employment relationship, including the minimum termination notice that employers must give to eligible employees. Find out about termination pay and how it can be combined with written notice. Additionally, discover what constitutes severe misconduct and just cause for termination, along with an outline of the principles of progressive discipline related to termination.
Employment standards rules – Termination and termination pay
Administration and Enforcement – posted on November 2, 2021
This webinar focuses on complaints, payroll inspections, anonymous tips, the complaint resolution process, voluntary resolution and mediation, as well as appeals, collections and enforcement tools. The session also covers the roles of Employment Standards Officers and the Employment Standards Director.
Averaging arrangements – posted on June 14, 2021
This is an overview of employment standards rules on averaging arrangements. Averaging arrangement topics include: notice requirements, scheduling, hours of work and rest, overtime and banked overtime, variances and previous arrangements and agreements.