Understanding your Job Offer - CLIP Financial Wellness Conference, November 25, 2021 Guest Speaker - Michelle Cariou, Human Resources Advisor
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Understanding your Job Offer CLIP Financial Wellness Conference, November 25, 2021 Guest Speaker – Michelle Cariou, Human Resources Advisor
Today’s Agenda
• Important components of your Job Offer
• Alberta Employment Standards: What is it and why is it important?
• Key Employment Standards Topics:
• Minimum Wage • Commission Pay & Tips
• Overtime Pay • Payroll Deductions
• Hours of Work Rules • COVID-19
• Vacation & Statutory
Holidays
• Temporary, Permanent and Contract Positions
• Your Job Offer: what you need to knowComponents of your Job Offer
Legal Components Alberta Employment
Standards
Job Offer
Remote work policy
Company-specific and
Company Benefit
optional Perks &
Plan
“Benefits”
Flex DaysCompany- Life and accident insurance
sponsored
Benefit
plans can Extended Health Care/Drug coverage
include:
Dental Care
Workplace
Benefit Vision Care
Plans Disability coverage
Drug coverage
Savings PlansThe Employment Standards Code establishes minimum employment
standards in the areas of:
• Payment of earnings
• Minimum wage
Alberta • Hours of work, rest periods and days of rest
• Overtime and overtime pay
Employment • Vacations and vacation pay
• General holidays and general holiday pay
Standards • Maternity, parental and COVID-19 leaves
• Termination of employment
• Employment of individuals under 18 years of age
• Adolescent employment in the restaurant and food services industryGeneral $15/hour (individuals over 18 years)
Minimum $13/hour(youth under 18)
Wage in $598/week (Salespeople)
Alberta $2,848/month (Domestic
employees)Overtime must be paid for all
Overtime hours worked over 8 hours/day
or 44 hours/week, whichever is
Pay in greater
Alberta
Overtime = at least 1.5 times
your regular wage for all
overtime hours workedHours of Work Break Entitlement
Rules Length of Shift Break Entitlement
5 hours or less No break
entitlement
Employees can legally work a More than 5 hours At least one 30-
maximum of 12 hours per day, but less than 10 minute break
unless by formal exception. hours
10 hours or more At least two 30-
minute breaks• After one year of employment, most employees
are entitled to at least two weeks of vacation
with pay, regardless of their employment status
(full-time, part-time, casual).
Legal • Employers are not required to provide vacation
Vacation to employees who have been employed for less
than one year
Entitlement • An employee’s vacation pay entitlement is
based on their length of employment and is
calculated on the anniversary date of
employment.Legal Vacation Entitlement (cont’d)
Statutory Holidays
New Year’s Day Labour Day
(January) (September)
Defined as ‘General Alberta Family Day Thanksgiving Day
Holidays” and employers are (February) (October)
responsible for providing Good Friday Remembrance Day
employees with time off (March or April) (November)
with pay for these days:
Victoria Day Christmas Day
(May) (December)
Canada Day
(July)Conditions to qualify for Statutory Holiday Pay
You are entitled to statutory holiday pay if:
• You have worked a minimum of 30 days in the last 365 days for your
current employer
• The statutory holiday falls on your regular day of work
OR
• You have worked on a statutory holiday that is not a regular day of work.
(1.5X Average daily wage)Commission = a pay structure based on the amount of
work done.
I.e.: percentage of sales, percentage of gross
or net profits or lump sum payments per
transaction.
• Commission employees may be exempted from
Commission recording daily hours worked and instead are
entitled to a weekly minimum wage of $598.
• Even if your wage is paid entirely in commission,
your pay cannot legally be less that what you would
have received had minimum wage been paid.
• If commission is greater that minimum wage, then
commission must be paid.Draw = a payment made to an employee in
anticipation of future commission. There is an
understanding between employer/employee that the
loan will be repaid.
Commission Recovery of a Draw
(cont’d) When the employee is paid a draw and commission
earned in that pay period is less than the draw, the
difference can be recovered from the employee’s
future commissions.
Recovery of a draw cannot result in the employee
receiving less than the minimum way for the pay
period.Tips are not considered wages and are not
covered under the Employment Standards Code.
Each workplace decides how tips are to be
handled and distributed.
Tips
Be sure to understand how tips are distributed to
staff when evaluating a job offer in the hospitality
industry.Payroll Deductions
Employers are legally required to take deductions from
employees’ earnings for:
• Federal employment tax
• Provincial employment tax
• Canadian Pension Plan Contributions
• Employment insurance premiumsPayroll Deductions (cont’d)
Employers are NOT allowed to make deductions for:
• Uniform costs
• Faulty work
• Damaging equipment
• Mistakes in production
• Cash shortages/Loss of property
• Walkouts in a bar/restaurant
• Gas & dash at a service station
• Breakage in a restaurantPayroll Deductions (cont’d)
Payment/Deduction Deductions Earnings
Biweekly Income $1,500.00
Vacation Pay $60.00
Federal Tax Deduction $131.74
Provincial Tax Deduction $71.27
CPP Deduction $77.68
EI Deduction $24.65
Total Deductions $305.34
Net Pay $1,254.66COVID-19 & the Workplace
Alberta has introduced 3 job-protected leaves related to COVID-19:
Employees are eligible for this leave if they are required to quarantine or
self-isolate
COVID-19 Leave This is an unpaid leave but federal income support may be available
(COVID-19 Emergency Benefits)
Employees are eligible for this leave if they are receiving a COVID-19
vaccination
COVID-19 Vaccination Leave This leave is for up to 3 consecutive hours of job-protected, paid time off
per vaccination appointment.
Employees are eligible for this leave if they need to care for:
• Quarantined or self-isolated family members
• Children who are unable to attend school or child care services
as a result of COVID-19
Extended COVID-19 Personal and Family Responsibility Leave Leave is flexible in length and ends when the employee’s family member
no longer requires care
This is an unpaid leave but federal income support may be available
(COVID-19 Emergency Benefits)Fixed term
Agreed hourly/daily rate
Entitled to holiday pay based on the length of
Temporary work term
Employer required to deduct taxes from
Definitions of temporary employee’s pay
Temporary, Employment contract has no end date
Permanent Permanent
Employee is eligible for drug/dental/vision/life
insurance benefits
and Contract Employer required to deduct taxes from
permanent employee’s pay
Work
Work agreement between two companies
Employer company does NOT deduct taxes from
payments made to the contracted company
Contract Contracted company is responsible for submitting
taxes directly to CRAAllows you to experience different work setting and
decide what fits you best before making a fulltime
commitment
Benefits of Temporary Excellent opportunity to build a network of contacts
work Flexible schedules; easier to manage you own time
Benefits of Permanent employees receive a comprehensive
Temporary,
benefits package (health, savings, insurance…)
Job security and advancement opportunities
Permanent
Permanent employees are long-term investment and
Benefits of Permanent promoting permanent employees from within the
company is a preferred practice
and Contract
Work
Permanent employees receive paid time off and
holiday pay.
work
You set the location, duration and pay rate of a job
and know when your employment period will start
and end.
Benefits of Contract Work Opportunity to discover different work environments
and cultures
Contract workers can take advantage of lower tax
rates1) Job Title
2) Reporting structure (who do you report to?)
3) Start date and length of employment term
4) Permanent/temporary/contract
Understanding 5) Rate of pay & pay deposit cycle/method
your Job Offer 6) Vacation Pay/Vacation Entitlement
7) Benefits
8) Policy signoff (Standard corporate Workplace
policies in Canada)
9) Notice PeriodsHelpful Links/Resources • Canada Revenue Agency Online Payroll Deduction Calculator • Alberta Employment Standards Publications • Employment Standards Guide for Employees • Employment Standards Guide - COVID-19 Information
Questions
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