Alberta
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In Alberta, the Employment Standards do not specify fixed term contracts and renewals, they are at the company’s discretion. Generally, termination notice is not required from the company when a worker is engaged for a definite term or task for a period of 12 months or less. This is when both the company and the worker are aware that the employment contract will be for a specific period. However, if engagement were to end earlier or beyond the fixed term date, termination pay may be required.
There are 9 public Holidays in Alberta. Workers are entitled to statutory holiday pay if they have worked 30 workdays for the same company in the 12 months prior to the holiday. Most workers are eligible to receive statutory holiday and pay if the statutory holiday is a regular workday. It is calculated as the worker's wages earned in the 4 weeks preceding the general holiday divided by the number of days worked.
Workers are entitled to 2 weeks with pay after each of the first 4 years of employment. 3 weeks with pay after 5 consecutive years of engagement.
Workers who have been engaged for at least 90 days are entitled to 5 days of unpaid personal and family responsibility leave. Leave does not carry over in the new year.
A regular work week is 8 hours per day or 44 hours per week. Hours in excess of 8 hours per day or 44 hours per week is considered overtime. A worker is entitled to one 30-minute paid or unpaid break after the first 5 hours of work for shifts that are between 5 and 10 hours long. For shifts 10 hours or longer, a worker is entitled to two 30-minute breaks. A worker is not entitled to any breaks if their shift is 5 hours or less.
Hourly and salary paid workers are paid 1.5 times the regular rate of pay for each hour worked beyond 8 hours a day or 44 hours a week, whichever is greater (8/44 rule). Alberta offers option that instead of paying overtime pay, companies may give a worker time off work with pay (banked overtime) at a rate of at least 1 hour for each overtime hour worked as part of an overtime agreement between the company & worker. If so, workers must use up banked overtime within 6 months of the end of the pay period in which it was earned, unless there is a collective agreement that allows the overtime banking period to be extended. Unused banked overtime must be paid to the worker upon termination.
Workers who wish to end their engagement must give written notice to the client. The length of notice period is based on how long they have worked. If a worker has been engaged for more than 90 days, but less than 2 years, they should give one week notice and if employed for 2 years or more, they should give two-week notice. The company can choose to terminate the worker sooner as long as they pay an amount that equals the remaining notice given by the worker, or the amount of termination pay the company is responsible for paying if they had decided to terminate the worker - whichever is less
Companies must pay the worker's earnings with 10 days after the end of the pay period in which termination occurred, or 31 consecutive days after the last day of engagement. Neither earnings nor other terms or conditions of engagement may be reduced during the notice period.
f the gross salary is $100,000.00, the companies will pay $8,304.00 in mandatory costs (taxes, allowances etc.) on top of it. That makes the total employment cost $108,304.00.
Companies can provide greater benefits such as supplemental health benefits, paid sick leave, or Retirement Savings, but are not required to do so. The Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan (AHCIP) provides eligible Alberta residents with full coverage for medically necessary physician services, and some dental and oral surgical health services for free.
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