Upcoming changes to Canada Labour Code
Significant amendments to Part III of the Canada Labour Code pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Act, 2012, will come into force April 1, 2014. Essentially, the changes involve implementing a statutory complaints framework for unpaid wages and other violations of the Code (with new time limits), creating an internal administrative review process for payment orders and notice of unfounded complaint and imposing a new 30-day time limit for payment of vacation owing in the case of termination.
Unclear records meant employer owed money to employee who walked off job and didn’t return
Employers! Keep track of your workers’ hours and wages—or an employment standards officer may intervene and determine what you owe. A Northwest Territories employer got off easy in a recent case of poor record keeping, but the decision sends a clear message to businesses across the country.
Although a manager, overtime had to be paid
The Northwest Territories Labour Standards Board ruled that although a terminated worker was indeed a “manager,” as there was an agreement that he would be compensated for overtime work, the employer had to pay overtime pay owed, in addition to termination, statutory holiday and vacation pay.
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