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Employment standards – Rules

Laws for minimum wage, overtime, holidays, job-protected leaves, vacations, hours of work, earnings, youth workers and termination.

Introduction

Employment standards rules set out the minimum standards that employers must provide to employees. There are rules for payment of wages, hours of work, overtime, vacations, general holidays, leaves, termination of employment and other areas. In this section, find detailed information on the rights and obligations of employers and employees in Alberta.

Some additional rules include job protected leaves, averaging arrangements, deductions from earnings, minimum wage, youth employment and exceptions for specific industries.