Employment Standards

• Employment Standards – General Information
• Employment Contract 
• Difference Between Employees and Contractors
• Enforcement of Labour Standards
• General Holidays & Holiday Pay
• Hours of Work
• Maternity and Parental Leave
• Other Job-Protected Leaves (leaves for bereavement, citizenship ceremonies, compassionate care, critical illness, domestic violence, long-term illness and injury, personal and family responsibility, and reservist)
• Overtime
• Pay (minimum wage, deductions)
• Termination & Temporary Layoff
• Vacations & Vacation Pay

See also

For more information, see additional CPLEA resources on:

• Your Rights at Work : A Collection of Resources
• You’ve Lost Your Job … Now What? (Post-employment Guide) (PDF)
• Employment Insurance (EI) and Job Loss (PDF)
• Things to Know When You’ve Lost Your Job (PDF)

Links

• Alberta Human Rights Commission – Human rights in the workplace
• Government of Alberta
  • Workplace Health and Safety
  • Employment Standards
  • Minimum Wage
• Workers’ Compensation Board Alberta
• Employment Insurance
• Canada Revenue Agency – Employee or Self-Employed?
• Service Canada – Social Insurance Number (SIN)
• Alberta’s Employment Standards Code
• Alberta Human Rights Act
• Temporary Foreign Workers