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Alberta
This section provides
specific information for the province of Alberta. Click one of the links
on the left to move directly to the corresponding section.
Hours
of Work
The type of employee
excluded from this legislature are management, chartered accountants,
licensed real estate agents, automobile salesmen, farm workers, etc.
| Maximum |
12 hours/day except in emergencies |
| Minimum |
3.00 hours/shift or *2.00 hours/shift |
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** Exclude statutory hours from overtime calculation
and reduce the work week by the statutory hours |
| Overtime |
Hours in excess of 8.00 hours/day or 44.00 hours/week |
| Overtime Rate |
1 and 1/2 times the employee's regular rate of pay |
| Compressed Work Week |
Maximum of 12.00 hours/day or 44.00 hours/week |
| Break Period |
1/2 hour per consecutive 5 hours worked |
| Rest Period |
A minimum of 24.00 consecutive hours per week |
*if employed as school
bus driver, student under 18 working outside school hours, or on part-time
basis in recreational, community service or other related organizations.
Leaves
Maternity Leave
| Time with Employer |
twelve consecutive months |
| Required Notice |
6 weeks |
| Length of Leave |
15 weeks taken no sooner than 12 weeks before the expected
birth with a minimum of six weeks after birth. |
| Payed |
No |
Parental Leave
| Time with Employer |
12 consecutive months |
| Required Notice |
6 weeks |
| Length of Leave |
37 consecutive weeks taken any time within the 52-week
period following the birth or care and custody of the child (born
or adopted), immediately following the pregnancy leave. |
| Extension of Leave |
no specification at this time |
| Benefits Maintained |
No |
Voting Leave
| Time with Employer |
N/A |
| Required Notice |
N/A |
| Length of Leave |
three consecutive hours |
| Payed |
Yes |
Holidays
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Holidays
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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New Year's
Day
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Mon., Jan. 1 |
Tue., Jan. 1 |
Thu., Jan. 1 |
Fri., Jan. 1 |
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Good Friday
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Fri.,
Apr. 6 |
Fri.,
Mar.21 |
Fri.,
Apr. 10 |
Fri.,
Apr. 2 |
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Canada Day
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Sun.., July.
1 |
Tue., July 1 |
Wed., July 1 |
Thu., Jul. 1 |
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Labour Day
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Mon., Sep. 3 |
Mon., Sep. 1 |
Mon., Sep. 7 |
Mon., Sep. 6 |
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Christmas
Day
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Tue.,
Dec.25 |
Thu.,
Dec. 25 |
Fri.,
Dec. 25 |
Sat.,
Dec. 25 |
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Victoria
Day
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Mon., May 21 |
Mon., May 19 |
Mon., May 18 |
Mon., May 24 |
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Thanksgiving
Day
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Mon., Oct. 8 |
Mon., Oct. 13 |
Mon., Oct. 12 |
Mon., Oct. 11 |
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Remembrance
Day
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Sun.,
Nov. 11 |
Tue.,
Nov. 11 |
Wed.,
Nov. 11 |
Thu.,
Nov. 11 |
In accordance with
the Canadian Labour Standards code, if a statutory holiday is worked during
a regularly scheduled work day an employee must receive their regular
rate of pay plus time and a half for all the hours worked. Or an employee
can take regular wages for the time worked and then receive a day off
with pay on a later day before his or her next annual vacation.
*In addition
to the federal holidays above, the province recognizes a provincial statutory
holiday called Family Day. Family Day, which falls on the third
Monday in February, is not necessarily granted in the case of people employed
in the retail industry. In this case it is the employer's decision to
grant the day off. If the day off is not granted then the employer must
grant another day off in place of Family Day.
Terminations
Required
Notice - Individual
Termination
| Length of Employment |
Statutory Notice Required |
| 3 months or less |
None |
| Between 3 months and 2 years |
1 week |
| Between 2 years and 4 years |
2 weeks |
| Between 4 years and 6 years |
4 weeks |
| Between 6 years and 8 years |
5 weeks |
| Between 8 years and 10 years |
6 weeks |
| 10 years or more |
8 weeks |
The Employment
Standards Code, RSA, states minimum statutory notice requirements.
A terminated employee may be legally entitled to receive more than the
minimum notice or pay in lieu required by the statute.
Required
Notice - Group
Termination
Group terminations
apply to a group of 50 employees or more. The requirement for notice is
the same as for individual employee terminations.
Worker's
Compensation
Assessable Earnings:
Included
| Car allowances (if taxable) |
| Clothing allowances (if taxable) |
| Moving allowances (if taxable) |
| Travel allowances (if taxable) |
| Bonuses |
| Commissions |
| Call in pay |
| Call back pay |
| Standby pay |
| Short-term disability paid by the employer |
| Long-term disability paid by the employer |
| Gifts (if taxable) |
| Gratuities |
| Temporary lay-off with pay |
| Maternity with pay |
| Pre-retirement with pay |
| Pay in lieu of notice |
| Regular salary or wages/overtime |
| Shift premium |
| Sick pay (paid during year) |
| Vacation/statutory holiday pay |
| Taxable Benefits such as: |
| Board & lodgings |
| Company car |
| Life insurance |
| Loans |
| Provincial medical |
| RRSP/Stock Options |
Excluded
| Directors' fees |
| Retiring allowance |
| Severance pay |
| WCB and WCB Top-Up |
| Sick-pay (payout on termination) |
Pay
Statements
For Alberta the pay
is required either monthly or more frequently. The employee must receive
their pay within the 10 days after each pay period. Alberta's pay statements
must contain the following information:
- Wage rate
- Overtime rate
- Pay period dates
- Total regular hours
worked
- Total overtime
hours worked
- Vacation Pay
- Lieu of notice
pay
- General holiday
pay
- Overtime hours
banked and taken
- Deductions and
reasons for deductions
- Regular wages
- Overtime wages
Minimum
Wages
| Parties
Applicable |
Wage
Rate |
| *General |
$8.40 |
| Specified
salespersons |
$320.00
Weekly |
| Domestic
living in employer’s residence |
$1,525.00
Monthly |
Minimum
Age
With the written permission
of a parent or guardian adolescents age 12 to 15 may be hired to work:
- as a delivery person
of such items as newspapers or flyers,
- in a retail store
as a clerk, or
- in an office as
an office clerk.
- as a store delivery
person
They must not work
any hours from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. And they can work a maximum of two
hours on a school day and eight hours on any other day.
An employer may not
hire a person of age 15 to (and including) age 17 to work between midnight
and 6:00 a.m. in connection with hotels, gas stations or retail stores
selling drinks, food or any other products. And may only work at these
places between 9:00 p.m. and midnight if supervised at all times by someone
of age 18 or older.
With the written permission
from a parent or guardian a person age 15 to (and including) age 17 may
work under the supervision of an adult in nursing or care homes, hospitals,
or manufacturing plants.
Vacationable
Earnings
Included
| Work related
bonuses (cash) |
| Call in pay |
| Call back pay |
| Commissions
earned at employer's premises |
| Commissions
earned by a route salesman |
| Previously paid
vacation pay (if employer has already paid out on each pay) |
| Regular salary/wages/retroactive |
| Shift premium |
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| Taxable Benefits: |
| Board & lodging |
Excluded
| Allowances (Car, clothing, moving, travel) |
| Discretionary bonuses (cash) |
| Commissions earned away from employer's premises |
| Director's fees |
| Gifts (cash or in kind) |
| Overtime pay |
| Pay in lieu of notice/Termination pay |
| Profit Sharing |
| Severance/Plant severance |
| Sick pay - Sick days |
| Standby pay |
| Statutory - Company Holidays (floaters) |
| Statutory - General Holidays |
| Tips and Gratuities |
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| Taxable Benefits: |
| Company car |
| Life Insurance |
| Loans |
| Provincial Medical |
Provincial
Health
Alberta residents
that are over 21 and that are under 65 and are not dependants for income
tax purposes must pay premiums.
Alberta Health Care
Insurance Premiums:
| Single |
$44.00/month |
| Family |
$88.00/month |
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