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Employment
Standards Act
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Learning Objectives
4.4 Define the groups within which workers are classified.
4.5 Discuss the concept of Exempt - Nonexempt labour.
5.1 Describe the laws affecting the design of the wage structure, work
opportunities, and the economic security of employees with specific
reference to the impact of the Employment Standards Act and the Pay
Equity Act and the Income Tax Act on compensation policies in Ontario.
5.3 Discuss the tenets of the Ontario Human Rights Code, Ontario's Pay
Equity Act and the Employment Equity legislation and explain how they
apply to employment situations.
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Special minimum wage rates e.g. students under 18, waiters who serve
liquor
Hours of Work
Hours
Overtime Pay(s.22)
At a minimum, ERs must pay one and one-half times regular rate for
all hours worked beyond 44 hours in work week
Example:
Joe makes $12.00 an hour. Every hour worked after 44 hours in a
week he must earn at least $18.00.
Managers and supervisors are exempt.
Managerial/Supervisory
Exemption from Overtime Pay
Employees who perform work that is supervisory or managerial in
character and who may perform non-supervisory or non-managerial tasks
on an irregular or exceptional basis
44
$550 divided by 44 hours = $_12.50_/hour.
Vacation Time
After 12 months of employment, employee is
entitled to: 2 weeks annual vacation
Vacation Pay
4% of earnings earned in 12 months for which
vacation is given
Example:
Jamie earns $40,000 per year. Her vacation pay is:
$1600
Victoria Day,
Canada Day,
Labour Day,
Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Day,
Boxing Day
Family Day