Employment Standards

Alberta company faces charges under employment standards

An Alberta company and its director face a number of charges under the Employment Standards Code for allegedly hiring a 15-year-old worker without providing proper supervision after 9 p.m. and allowing the teenager to work after midnight.

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Minimum Wage

Alberta’s minimum wage is currently $8.80 per hour – as of April 1, 2009. Employers and employees with questions about minimum wage can contact the Employment Standards Contact Centre toll-free at 1-877-427-3731 for more information.  In Edmonton and surrounding areas dial 780-427-3731.

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Temporary Foreign Workers

Publications and resources are available for temporary foreign workers and their employers to help them understand their rights and responsibilities under Alberta’s employment standards and workplace health and safety legislation.

• Resources for Employers of Temporary Foreign Workers
• Resources for Temporary Foreign Workers
• General Employment Standards Publications

Employment Standards Code

What Alberta’s employers and employees need to know about fairness in the workplace.

• View the Employment Standards Code online
  

Remembrance Day
November 11, 2009

Are you working on Remembrance Day? What you need to know.
 

Reservist Leave

Alberta reservists can celebrate added job security while serving their country. Alberta’s Employment Standards Code is now amended to establish unpaid job-protected leave for members of the reserve force.

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