Employment Standards Fact Sheets

These fact sheets will help you learn about the rights and obligations of employers and employees under the Employment Standards Code. The fact sheets provide basic information and are not intended to replace the actual text of the Employment Standards Code, Employment Standards Regulation and other related legislation.

• Adolescents and Young Persons
  

  Explains restrictions on the employment of individuals under age 18, as well as the rights and responsibilities of parties involved.

• Ambulance Attendants
  

  Explains exceptions to hours of work and overtime hours for ambulance attendants.

• Bankruptcies
  

  Outlines the rights and obligations of parties when an employer is in bankruptcy or involved in other insolvency proceedings.

• Caregivers
  

  Explains the standards that apply to caregivers (employees who provide home care and residential care services, in accordance with the Co-ordinated Home Care Program Regulation).

• Collecting an Employment Standards Judgment
  

  Outlines options available to help collect money owed to you.

• Commission Pay Plans and Minimum Compensation Entitlement
  

  Explains the policy used by Employment Standards to determine if employees paid by commission are receiving the minimum standards under employment standards legislation.

• Complaint Resolution Process
  

  Outlines the process used by Employment Standards to resolve complaints filed by employees.

• Compressed Work Week Arrangements
  

  Explains the minimum standards for a compressed work week arrangement.

• Construction Industry
  

  Outlines employee entitlements to overtime and overtime pay, vacation pay, general holiday pay and termination pay in the construction industry.

• Deductions from Earnings
  

  Explains what deductions an employer may or may not take from an employee’s pay.

• Direct Sellers
  

  Explains the minimum standards for employers and employees involved in a direct selling business.

• Domestic Employment
  

  Outlines the minimum standards for persons employed in the employer's residence, for the care, comfort and convenience of members of that residence.

• Field Catering, Geophysical Exploration and Other Miscellaneous Services Overtime Hours and Pay
  

  Explains overtime rules for employees in field catering, geophysical exploration, surveying, logging and lumbering, and road maintenance activities.

• General Holidays and General Holiday Pay
  

  Identifies Alberta's statutory holidays and the rules around eligibility and entitlement to general holidays and general holiday pay.

• Hours of Work, Rest Periods and Days of Rest
  

  Outlines employee entitlements to hours of work, rests periods, days of rest and notice of work times.

• Incentive-Based Pay and Minimum Compensation Entitlement
  

  Explains the process used to determine if earnings paid to employees under an incentive-based pay plan meet the minimum requirements under employment standards legislation.

• Maternity Leave and Parental Leave
  

  Explains maternity and parental leave eligibility and entitlements.

• Minimum Wage
  

  Outlines the minimum wage in Alberta, rules about minimum compensation, exemptions from the minimum wage and deductions for board and lodging.

• Oilwell Servicing
  

  Explains exceptions to hours of work and overtime hours, as well as bonus payments to employees in the oilwell servicing industry.

• Overtime Hours and Overtime Pay
  

  Explains overtime hours and overtime pay entitlements. It also describes the rules for banking overtime hours under an overtime agreement.

• Payment of Earnings
  

  Explains the rules for the payment of earnings to employees.

• Receiverships
  

  Explains the rights and obligations of parties involved in a receivership under either the federal Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act or Alberta's Business Corporations Act.

• Reservist Leave
  

  Outlines eligibility requirements and entitlements to reservist leave.

• Termination of Employment and Temporary Layoff
  

  Explains the requirements for termination notice, or pay in lieu of notice, and temporary layoffs under the Employment Standards Code. Also outlines the process used to investigate complaints by employees who have been terminated for allegedly abusing vulnerable individuals under their care.

• Umpire Hearings
  

  Explains the process for filing an appeal to an Employment Standards Umpire. It also provides information on what happens after an appeal has been filed.

• Vacations and Vacation Pay
  

  Explains vacations and vacation pay entitlements under the Code.