Alberta

Update to Alberta Youth Employment Regulations Effective January 1, 2019! 2019 Alberta Youth Employment Peel ‘N Post™ Alberta, Canada All-On-One Labour Law Poster™ What’s new? Youth Employment informational notice updated with new regulations effective as of January 1, 2019. Available on the  Alberta All-On-One™ Labour Law Poster or as a cost-effective Peel ‘N Post™ update sticker! What’s Read more

2018 Alberta Minimum Wage Increases October 1st

It’s been a year of big changes for Alberta employers, but it’s finally time to get back to business as usual. Close on the heels of massive revisions to the province’s employment standards and occupational health and safety rules, the Alberta minimum wage will come to a final scheduled increase on October 1, 2018. To assist Read more

Alberta Fair and Family-Friendly Workplaces

We all knew it was coming, but some employers may still be surprised to find that it’s already here: Alberta’s Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act is now in effect. The Act, which passed the Legislative Assembly in June of 2017, represents the first update to the Employment Standards Code in nearly 30 years. The process Read more

Canadian Labour Law Posters Updated

Earlier this year, five Canadian provinces increased their minimum wage rates. Now, the other five will follow suit with wage increases to ranging from 15 cents to $1.40. Alberta’s minimum wage workers will see the largest jump as the second in a series of scheduled increases brings the rate towards $15.00 per hour. New Minimum Read more

Last month, the Alberta Ministry of Labour announced that the province’s Employment Standards Code and Labour Relations Code will undergo review. Prior to a full governmental review, the Ministry has opened a comment period for Albertan employers and workers, which is due to come to an end next week on April 18, 2017.The changes which Read more

This year, Alberta employers and their employees will see several important changes to the Alberta All-On-One™ Labor Law Poster.  Specifically, the poster has been updated to reflect that: the provincial minimum wage rate will increase 25 cents per hour to $10.20 per hour effective September 1, 2014.  The minimum wage for liquor servers will increase Read more

Three more Canadian provinces, Alberta, Nova Scotia and Manitoba, recently announced increases in their minimum wage rates beginning this fall, bringing them in line with a number of other provinces which have announced plans to increase their minimum wage rates this fiscal year or that have already done so. Alberta Alberta’s general minimum wage will Read more