Federally regulated industries – Employment standards exceptions

Basic rules

• Some industries are regulated by the federal government.
• 90% of employees in Alberta are regulated by the province.
• If your industry is federally regulated, different rules apply.

Federally regulated

If you are employed by one of the following businesses and industries, you are more than likely working in a federally regulated sector:

• banks
• marine shipping, ferry and port services
• air transportation, including airports, aerodromes and airlines
• railway and road transportation that involves crossing provincial or international borders
• canals, pipelines, tunnels and bridges (crossing provincial borders)
• telephone, telegraph and cable systems
• radio and television broadcasting
• grain elevators, feed and seed mills
• uranium mining and processing
• businesses dealing with the protection of fisheries as a natural resource
• many First Nation activities
• most federal Crown corporations
• private businesses necessary to the operation of a federal act

Check with the Government of Canada to determine if you are in a federally regulated industry and to learn more about the rules that apply.

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