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Alberta > Employment Law > Hours of Work:

Which employees are exempt from the Employment Standards Code provisions relating to hours of work, rest, and overtime?

The following are exempt:

  • managers, supervisors, and those employed in a confidential capacity;
  • domestic workers and farm workers;
  • professionals, including lawyers, certified or chartered accountants, architects, chiropractors, dentists, engineers, optometrists, podiatrists, psychologists, and veterinarians;
  • salespersons of automobiles, trucks, buses, farm machinery, road construction equipment, heavy duty equipment, mobile homes, or residential homes;
  • salespersons who solicit orders, principally outside of the employer's place of business, who are fully or partly paid by commission (this does not apply to route salespersons);
  • licensed salespersons of real estate, insurance, and securities;
  • salespersons for licensed direct sellers;
  • licensed land agents;
  • extras in a video or film production.

 


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May 2000
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