1. Labour Standards for Young Workers
Saskatchewan Labour
Presentation
Labour Standards
for
Young Workers

2. The Labour Standards Act
protects workers by setting rules for minimum conditions of employment
ensures what we value as a society is reflected in our workplace rules
eliminates unfair competition

3. The Labour Standards Act
The Act applies to most Saskatchewan employers and employees, no matter the hours employees work. This includes casual, part-time, seasonal and full-time workers.

4. Exemptions farm workers
employees who work in jobs that are covered by the federal Canada Labour Code
occasional babysitters
partial exemptions (i.e., managers and students)

5. The Labour Standards Act
Young workers are most often affected by the rules involving:
minimum wage
• equal pay
hours of work
payroll cheques
termination
public holidays
annual holidays

6. Minimum Wage (as of April1/03)
N.B. $6.00
B.C. $8.00/6.00
N.S. $6.00/5.55
Alta. $5.90
Sask. $6.65
P.E.I. $6.25
Man. $6.75
Nfld. $6.00
Ont. $6.85/6.40/
$5.95
N.W.T. $7.00/6.50
Yukon $7.20
Que. $7.30/6.55
Nunavut $7.00/6.50

7. Minimum Callout
• Most employees are entitled to a minimum payment of $19.95 every time their employer calls them out (or in) to work.
• Full-time students are exempt during the school year.

8. Coffee Breaks
• Coffee breaks are not covered by Saskatchewan’s Labour Standards Act.
If provided, rest breaks (coffee breaks) are paid breaks.

9. Uniforms
Employers in hotels, restaurants, educational institutions, hospitals, or nursing homes who require their employees to wear uniforms
shall provide, repair and launder that uniform free of charge and shall not deduct the cost from your wages.

10. Transportation Home
Employees in hotels, restaurants, educational institutions, hospitals, or nursing homes
must be provided free of charge to the employee’s place of residence.
Employees who finish work between 12:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. local time

11. Overtime Most workers are paid overtime after working 8 hours/day,
at a rate of 1.5 x hourly wage
40 hours/week,
32 hours in a week in which a public holiday occurs,

12. Overtime Some workers are not eligible for overtime pay such as:
• managers
• people working north of Township 62, except within a 10 km. radius of La Ronge, Creighton and Uranium City

13. Work Schedules work days and hours work start and end times
Workers get work schedules which give one week’s notice of:
work days and hours
work start and end times
times of meal breaks
changes to work schedules

14. Meal Breaks
Workers who are scheduled to work 6 hours or more get an unpaid
30-minute meal break for every five consecutive hours of work.

15. Days Off
One day off in every seven days for employees who are usually employed for 20 or more hours/week
Two days off in every seven if employees work 20 or more hours a week in retail and there are 10 or more employees in the business.

16. Illness/Injury Length of Protected Type of Illness/Injury
Absence (unpaid)
Type of Illness/Injury
Not serious days in a calendar year
Serious weeks in a 52 week
period
WCB weeks

17. Laying-off Employees Employment Period Notice Required 0 - 3 mos.
0 weeks
3 mos. - 1 year
1 week
1 - 3 years
2 weeks
3 - 5 years
4 weeks

18. Pay in Lieu of Notice
When notice is not given, the employee must be paid his/her regular wages in lieu of the notice time required.

19. Annual Holiday Pay
Annual holiday pay is paid to all employees including:
full-time
part-time
casual
temporary
seasonal

20. Annual Holiday Pay Calculated on total wages over a 12-month period:
multiply wages by 3/52 (about 6%).
Example:
Wages for 12 months: $4000
Annual Holiday Pay:
$4000 x 3/52 (6%) = $230.77

21. Annual Holidays
Most employees are entitled to a minimum of three weeks after each year of employment and a minimum of four weeks upon completion of 10 years with the same employer

22. Public Holidays New Year’s Day Canada Day Good Friday Saskatchewan Day
Remembrance Day
New Year’s Day
Good Friday
Victoria Day
Christmas Day
Canada Day
Saskatchewan Day
Labour Day
Thanksgiving Day

23. Public Holiday Pay
Most employees get public holiday pay of 1/20 (5%) of the worker’s regular wages earned during the four weeks prior to the holiday (equal to about a regular day’s wage

24. Public Holiday Pay Example: 4 weeks wages: $400 Public Holiday Pay:
(1/20 or 5% x $400) = $20

25. Payment for Work on a Public Holiday
If you work on a public holiday, you get paid a premium rate (time and one half) for all hours worked. This in addition to public holiday pay.
Public Holiday Pay +
Premium Pay
(1.5 x hours worked on the public holiday)

26. Pay Cheques
Only deductions required by law (Employment Insurance, Income Tax, C.P.P.) or voluntary employee purchases from the employer, may be taken from wages.

27. Pay Cheques
Your employer must provide a pay stub which gives information such as:
pay period
hours worked (regular and overtime) and rate of pay
list of deductions
total earnings and actual payment made

28. Equal Pay
Male and female employees are entitled to equal pay when they perform similar work:
in the same establishment
under similar working conditions
requiring similar skill,effort,and responsibility

29. Equal Pay Pay rates can differ when based on: merit, seniority, and
trainee programs

30. Complaints and Enforcement
Saskatchewan Labour:
provides information and advice.
investigates and helps to resolve workplace complaints.

31. Complaints and Enforcement
An employee must make a claim for unpaid wages within one year of the time the unpaid wages were due.

32. Complaints and Enforcement
3. Ask for early resolution.
1. Call Sask. Labour for information.
2. Try to resolve with employer.
4. Make a formal complaint.

33. Complaints and Enforcement
5. Complaint is investigated.
8. Employer or employee appeals.
6. Officer tries to collect money owed.
9. Final decision can be appealed.
7. Officer issues wage assessment.

34. Labour Standards Division
Saskatchewan Labour
Saskatchewan Labour
Labour Standards Division