Labour Standards Flash

Cards

Saskatchewan Labour

 

If I work for a company owned by my friend, can I be paid less than minimum

wage?

a) Yes

b) No

Answer: b. No

Minimum wage is the minimum amount of money per hour that workers covered by Saskatchewan’s Labour Standards

Act can be paid.

a) Threeb) Twoc) One

How many unpaid meal breaks can I take when I work 8 hours?

Answer: c. One

Employees are entitled to one half-hour unpaid meal break within every 5 consecutive hours

if he/she is scheduled to work 6

hours or more.

Only female employees working in a restaurant after 12:30 a.m.

are entitled to free transportation home.

a) True

b) False

Answer: b. False

All employees working in a restaurant, hospital,

hotel, educational institution, or nursing home who finish work

between 12:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m must be

provided free transportation home.

If I make minimum wage and work 10 hours in one day, how much will I earn for that day?

a) $70.00

b) $73.15

c) $72.25

Answer: b. $73.15

Regular time: 8 hours x $6.65 = $53.20.

Overtime: 2 hours x 1.5 x $6.65 = $19.95.

Total pay: $53.20 +$19.95 = $73.15.

If I am required to wear a uniform in my job as a service

station attendant, my employer has to pay for it.

a) True

b) False

Answer: b. False

Only employees who work in hotels, restaurants,

educational institutions, hospitals and nursing homes

(excluding registered nurses) shall be provided

with uniforms free of charge to the employee.

Under Labour Standards, I am entitled to a coffee or rest

break every four hours.

a) True

b) False

Answer: b. False

The Labour Standards Act does not require

that coffee or rest breaks be granted to workers. However,

where a coffee break is given, it should be a

paid break.

Can I be paid less than $6.65 per hour?

a) Yes

b) No

Answer: a. Yes

If you are exempt from The Labour Standards Act (casual babysitters, farm

workers and family members working solely in a family owned business) or from the

minimum wage section of the Act (people who come into your home to provide care to a family member), you can be paid less than

minimum wage.

Meal breaks must be paid.

a) True

b) False

Answer: b. False

Meal breaks are a 30 minute unpaid

break.

What is ‘Minimum Callout’?

‘Minimum Callout’ is a minimum payment of $19.95

every time the employer requires employees to report for work, even if there is no work for them. Students in regular attendance at school are exempt during the school

year.

Answer:

How much is overtime pay?

a) 1.25 x the hourly wage

b) 1.5 x the hourly wage

c) 1.75 x the hourly wage

Answer: b

1.5 x the hourly wage.

What is overtime?

Answer:

For most workers, overtime is considered to be time worked over 8 hours in a day, over 40 hours in a week, or over 32 hours in a

week with a public holiday.

Students must be 16 before they can get a job.

a) True

b) False

Answer: b. False

Under labour standards, you must be 16 to work in some workplaces such as: hotels,

restaurants, educational institutions, hospitals, and nursing homes and some

industries (underground and construction).

What is minimum wage?

a) $6.65

b) $6.00

c) $7.00

Answer: a.

$6.65 per hour.

My employer must post work schedules telling me when my work begins and ends over a period of at least one week.

a) True

b) False

Answer : a. True

Employers must give their employees notice of when their work begins and ends over a period of at least one week. The notice should be in writing and posted where it can be easily seen by employees.

Employers must give one week’s notice of change in schedule.

What is “Just Cause” for dismissal?

Answer:

“Just Cause” for dismissal is when the employer is seen as justified in firing an employee. Usually very serious offences such as fraud or theft are considered ‘Just

Cause’. No pay in lieu of notice is owed if the employee was fired for “Just Cause.”

Before I am eligible for notice I am being laid off, I must have

worked:

a) 3 months

b) 6 months

c) 12 months

Answer: a. 3 months

Three months is generally regarded as a probation

period. Employers are not required to give employees

notice or pay in lieu of notice that they are being

laid off during this probation period.

When I quit my job, I must give my employer notice

that I am leaving of:

a) 2 weeks

b) 3 months

c) No notice

Answer: c. No notice

Labour Standards does not require employees to give their employer notice they are leaving

their position. However, it is recommended that employees give their

employers notice.

What is ‘pay in lieu’ of notice?

Pay in lieu (instead) of notice is payment of the employee’s normal wages for the required

notice period.

An employee is to receive ‘pay in lieu’ of notice when employers have not given proper written

notice they are laying the employee off.

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Answer:

Labour Standards provides all employees with paid sick leave.

a) True

b) False

Answer: b. False

For illnesses or injuries that are not serious, employees are entitled to 12 days

of unpaid leave each year.

What is public holiday pay?

a) Pay I get whenever there is a public holiday

b) Pay I get only if the holiday falls on a regular day of work for me.

Answer: a.

Pay for whenever there is a public holiday. It

is calculated by multiplying the regular wages earned in the 4

weeks before the holiday by 1/20 (5%).

As a casual, temporary, seasonal or part-time worker, I am entitled to annual holiday

pay.

a) True

b) False

Answer: a. True

All employees to whom The Labour

Standards Act applies, no matter the number

of hours they work (full-time, part-time, casual, seasonal) get annual holiday pay.

After working part-time for a year for the same employer, I am entitled to vacation leave

(annual holidays) of:

a) One weekb) Two weeksc) Three weeks

Answer: c.

c) Three weeks.

What is annual holiday pay?

Answer:

Money that is paid for annual vacation

whether or not you take it. It is calculated by multiplying your

total wages for a year by 3/52nd or

approximately 6%.

Name two public holidays.

Answer:

Saskatchewan has nine public holidays: New

Year’s Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada

Day, Labour Day, Saskatchewan Day, Thanksgiving Day,

Remembrance Day, and Christmas Day.

As a casual employee, I am entitled to annual holidays.

a) True

b) False

Answer: a. True

Employees in Saskatchewan are entitled

to annual holidays, no matter the number of hours they work. This includes

causal, seasonal, part-time and full-time employees.

My employer can deduct cash shortages or the cost of replacing equipment I break from my pay

cheque.

a) True

b) False

Answer: b. False

Only deductions required by law (CPP,

Employment Insurance, Income Tax) or voluntary employee purchases can be deducted from your wages. Employers may

recover other costs only if they take the employee to

court and win.

My employer must provide me with a pay stub showing the amount of holiday pay I have earned for that pay period.

a) True

b) False

Answer: a. True

Your pay cheque must include a detachable pay stub that shows among other items, the public and annual holiday pay you have earned during

that pay period.