1. Labour and Employment Definitions
SLO: I can understand the terms and conditions associated with fair workplace practices.

2. For most workers, overtime starts after eight hours in a day, 40 hours in a week or 32 hours in a week in which a public holiday occurs. Overtime pay is 1.5 x hourly wage. Managers and professionals are exempt from the overtime section of the Act. Employers can get a permit from the Director of Labour Standards that will allow them to vary their employees' working time. For example, the permit might allow employees to work more than 8 hours in a day. To get a permit, 50% + 1 % of the employees who will be affected must agree that they want to vary their hours by signing the application

3. Overtime

4. Employers must give employees notice of when their work begins and ends over a period of at least one-week. Notice should be in writing, and should be posted in a place where employees can easily see it. Employers must give one week's notice of change in schedule, unless there is an emergency or unforeseen circumstance.

5. Work Schedules

6. The employee must be paid either the minimum callout or the employee's regular wages for the time worked, whichever is greater. Students in regular attendance at school are exempt from this provision during the school term.

7. Minimum Callout

8. Annual holiday pay is 3/52nds of total annual wages during the first nine years of employment with the same employer. All full-time, part-time, seasonal and temporary employees get annual holiday pay. After one year with the same employer, employees are entitled to three weeks of holiday leave.

9. Annual Holiday Pay

10. Employees working in a restaurant, hotel, educational institution, hospital or nursing home cannot be scheduled for more than two shifts in any twelve-hour period.

11. Shifts

12. The minimum age at which employees may be employed in hotels, restaurants, educational institutions, hospitals and nursing homes is 16 years of age.

13. Age of Employment

14. All workers in Saskatchewan get paid for ten public holidays
All workers in Saskatchewan get paid for ten public holidays. Public holiday pay for most workers is 1/20th (5%) of total wages earned (excluding overtime) in the preceding four calendar weeks. If employees work on a public holiday, they get 1.5 x the regular hourly wage for all hours worked on the holiday, plus public holiday pay.

15. Public Holidays

16. Employees who are terminated may be entitled to notice or pay in lieu of notice. The minimum notice or pay in lieu of notice for which employees are eligible depends upon their length of service. If an employee has worked less than three months with the same employer, he/she is not entitled to any notice.
If the employee is terminated for 'just cause" notice of termination or pay in lieu of notice is not required. The Labour Standards Act does not define "just cause."
Length of Service
0-3 months
3 months - 1 year
1 - 3 years
3 - 5 years
5 -10 years
1 0 years and over
Minimum Notice
o weeks
1 week
2 weeks
4 weeks
6 weeks
8 weeks

17. Termination

18. Workers in hotels, restaurants, educational institutions, hospitals and nursing homes required to wear uniforms (other than a registered nurse) or any special article of wearing apparel shall have them provided, repaired and laundered free of cost to them. Deductions shall not be made to employees' wages.

19. Uniforms

20. Male and female employees are entitled to the same rate of pay when they perform similar work in the same establishment, under similar working conditions requiring similar skill, effort and responsibility. Different pay rates are allowed when based on seniority, merit, trainee programs or other non-gender-related criteria.

21. Equal Pay