Labour Standards Flash Cards Saskatchewan Labour
Dec 15, 2015
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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:
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
.
Answer:
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:
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%.
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.
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