Fair Workplace Practices Fact Sheet- Handout

8/2/2019 Fair Workplace Practices Fact Sheet- Handout

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Fair Workplace Practices Fact Sheet

AGE:

You must be _______years of age to be employed in Saskatchewan. If you

are _____ or ________ years old you can work if you:

o Get a written consent from one of your ____________.

o Do not work after ___________ on a school night.

o Do not work more than ______ hours during a week.

WAGES:

Minimum wage is the ________ amount of money per hour that you can

be paid. Minimum wage in Saskatchewan is $_________ per hour.

Your employer can pay you ___________but not _______ than this amount.

MINIMUM CALL-OUT PAY:

The minimum call-out pay is $__________.

If you work 2 hours at $10.00 and hour than you will have earned

$__________. You will receive the minimum call-out pay because it is

_________than the wage you earned in 2 hours.

This rule does not apply for _________ .

OVERTIME PAY:

If you work more than ____hours in a day, _______hours in a week you

receive overtime pay.

It is _______ times your hourly rate for each hour you work over 8 hours.

_________and_________ year olds are not able to get overtime pay.



YOU ARE PAID FOR:

You should be paid for all the time you work for the employer or when

you must be at the “employers disposal”. Ex. If you are available for

your employer at lunch then you should be paid whether you do

tasks or not.

WHEN DO YOU GET PAID:

You may be paid _____day, once a ______, twice a _______ or once a month.

Your paycheque is due NO LATER than ______days after the end of the

pay period.

Ex. If you pay period ends on June 6th

, you must get yourpaycheque by, or before, June________.

PAYCHEQUE DEDUCTIONS:

________ your employer can take money off your paycheque.

By law, deductions that must be taken off your paycheque include:

o ______________________________

o ________________________________

o ________________________________

PAYCHEQUE KEY INFORMATION:

_________________________________-Amount earned before any deductions.

________________ or ________________-amount deducted from your gross pay.

BREAKS:

If you work ______ consecutive hours or _________you are allowed to get a

_____minute, unpaid meal break.



SCHEDULES:

You need to be told when your work _________and __________ at least

_____week before.

Employers must give at least ______ weeks notice for any schedule

changes.

UNIFORMS:

An employer cannot _________any costs for uniforms from you

paycheque. However, they are allowed to collect damage deposits,

which are returned when you quit.

TRANSPORTATION: If you finish work between ___________am and __________am you get free

transportation.

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS:

All workers get paid for holidays. You _______________ have to work on

the public holiday to get paid.

If you work on a public holiday, you get paid ________ hours your hourly

wage for all the hours you work that day plus public holiday pay.

VACATION:

You are allowed _______weeks of vacation after working for ______ year

with the same employer.

DISCHARGE & LAY-OFF:

If there is not enough work, your employer may ask you to stop

working. This is called _________________________.

If the employer tells you ahead of time that they don’t need you to

work anymore this is called ______________________.



If the employer wants you stop work immediately, they can pay you’re

the money you would have earned if you had worked for the notice

period. This is called _______________________.

The amount of notice depends on _______________________ you have

worked for the employer.

LENGTH OF SERVICE MINIMUM NOTICE

0-3 months

3 months- 1 year

1-3 years

3-5 years

5-10 years

10 years and over

ILLNESS:

Employers cannot fire or discipline you if you are away from work because of sickness if you have worked for at least

___________continuous weeks for them.

__________ days in a year for an illness or injury that is not serious.

___________ weeks in _________weeks for a serious illness or injury.

You only get paid sick leave if your employer has paid sick leave.

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Fair Workplace Practices Fact Sheet- Handout