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By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 3 Minutes Read August 12, 2015

Mass termination provisions in Alberta and Saskatchewan

termination-package-wrongful-dismissalWe have been advising frequently on this topic lately for our Western Canadian clients. When planning a restructuring, it is easy for an employer to inadvertently overlook statutory mass termination provisions. Here is a quick reference:

Alberta

In Alberta, under the Employment Standards Code, an employer who intends to terminate 50 or more employees at a single location within a 4-week period must give 4 weeks’ written notice to the Minister of Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour. The form of notice is available online at work.alberta.ca

Alternatively, if an employer is unable to complete the form, it may send a notice of the group termination to the following address:

Employment Standards Program Delivery
Alberta Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour
701, 7th Floor, Labour Building
10808 – 99 Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5K 0G5

The notice must specify the number of employees who will be terminated and the effective date. However, … Continue reading “Mass termination provisions in Alberta and Saskatchewan”

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / Alberta Employment Standards Code, employment law, employment standards regulations, group termination notice requirement, Mass termination, Saskatchewan Employment Act, written notice of termination, written notice requirement

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 7 Minutes Read November 16, 2012

How to avoid an overtime claim

So you have an employee who has been working with you for five years, and now you have to terminate the employee because it is just not working out. When parting ways, the employee insists that you should have been paying him overtime pay for all the years he has worked for you – and he wants to claim this alleged outstanding overtime pay, or he will be making a claim for unpaid wages with the Employment Standards Branch for unpaid overtime. How can employers avoid this and other types of overtime claim?

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / claim for unpaid wages, communicate with employees, employment law, employment standards regulations, exemptions, hours of work and overtime claims, Hours of work and overtime rules, hours per week, minimum standards, minimum standards in employment, overtime, overtime banking, Overtime claim, overtime pay, Overtime policy, policy and procedures, rate of pay, salaried, special overtime rules

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