Employment Standards Quiz

An agreement in writing between an employer or an employers’ organization and a bargaining agent containing terms or conditions of employment, and may include one or more documents containing one or more agreements.

An individual employed to do work who receives or is entitled to wages and includes a former employee, but does not include an individual who is a member of a class of individuals excluded by the regulations.

A person who employs an employee and includes a former employer.

A person to whom a Director’s demand is issued, and includes the Crown in right of Alberta.

The period of time during which an employee works for an employer, and time off with pay instead of overtime pay provided by an employer and taken by an employee.

The hourly rate of pay for overtime hours.

The hourly rate of pay for wages.

An agreement between an employer and employee, allowing for time off with pay instead of overtime pay.

Time off with pay given to an employee in lieu of overtime pay, taken at a time when they could have worked and earned wages.

The period of time after which an overtime agreement can be amended or terminated, giving each party one month's written notice to the other.

When employment ends after an employee qualifies for annual vacation, the employer must pay vacation pay based on the time the employee would have been entitled to had they stayed employed.

For employees with 2 weeks of vacation: at least 4% of their wages from the last time they qualified for vacation until their termination date.

For employees with 3 weeks of vacation: at least 6% of their wages from the last time they qualified for vacation until their termination date.

Vacation pay earned in one year is considered wages for calculating the next year's vacation pay.

Employers can reduce vacation and vacation pay proportionally to the number of days an employee is absent.

A pregnant employee who has worked for the same employer for at least 90 days qualifies for unpaid maternity leave.

Maternity leave is a period of up to 16 weeks, starting anytime during the 12 weeks before the expected delivery date.

An employee on maternity or parental leave must return to work by the specified date in the notice, unless the delay is due to unforeseeable or unpreventable circumstances.

An employee must notify their employer at least four weeks before the end of their maternity or parental leave if they don't plan to return to work.

An employer must reinstate an employee to their previous position or offer comparable alternative employment upon return from maternity or parental leave.

An employee must provide four weeks' notice before the end of their leave period if they wish to terminate employment after maternity or parental leave.

An employee is entitled to resume work after maternity or parental leave unless they fail to provide four weeks' notice or their failure to return is not due to unforeseeable or unpreventable circumstances.

A period of leave granted to a pregnant employee after the birth of a child, with a minimum duration of 6 weeks.

A medical document certifying the employee's pregnancy and providing the estimated date of delivery.

The employee must notify their employer in writing at least 6 weeks before starting maternity leave.

If an employee fails to provide prior notice of maternity leave, they can still be eligible by providing a medical certificate within 2 weeks after ceasing work.

A medical condition arising from pregnancy that prevents the employee from working.

The date on which the baby is expected to be born.

The date the employee starts maternity leave, as specified in the written notice given to the employer.

An employee can shorten the mandatory 6-week maternity leave period with a medical certificate from their doctor.

A pregnant employee is entitled to maternity leave even if the pregnancy does not result in a live birth, as long as it ends within 16 weeks of the estimated due date.

A legal document governing the relationship between an employer and a pregnant employee regarding maternity leave.