Your rights as a worker in Canada

– Minimum wage: $15 per hour. Some exceptions apply. Employees called in to work must be paid for at least two hours, even if they work less.

– Minimum annual leave for full-time workers: Employees earn vacation time during the first year they’re employed. After 12 months, they get two weeks of annual vacation. After five years, they get three weeks of annual vacation.

– Minimum break time: 30 minutes, paid or unpaid, within five hours of starting a shift. 

– Sick leave: Up to five days’ personal or health-related leave per year, paid or unpaid. Other authorized leaves are available (for example, parental or bereavement leave).

– Who to contact if you have an issue at work: Alberta Employment Standards complaints

– Learn more: Alberta Employment Standards

– Minimum wage: $13.85 per hour. Scheduled to rise to $14.60 per hour on June 1, 2020, and $15.20 per hour on June 1, 2021. Varies for liquor servers, live-in caregivers, farm workers, and some other positions. Employees called in to work must be paid at least two hours, even if they work less.

– Minimum annual leave for full-time workers: Employees earn vacation time during the first year they’re employed. After 12 months, they get two weeks of annual vacation. After five years, they get three weeks of annual vacation.

– Minimum break time: 30 minutes, unpaid, within five hours of starting a shift. 

– Sick leave: Up to five days’ unpaid Family Responsibility Leave, for personal illness or family needs. No required paid sick leave, although paid sick days can be offered as a benefit. Other authorized leaves are available (for example, parental or bereavement leave).

– Who to contact if you have an issue at work: BC Employment Standards: Make a complaint

– Learn more: BC Employment Standards

– Minimum wage: $11.35 per hour – going up to $11.65 on October 1, 2019. 

– Minimum annual leave for full-time workers: Employees get at least two weeks’ vacation time for the first four years of employment. After five years, they get three weeks of annual vacation.

– Minimum break time: 30 minutes, paid or unpaid, within five hours of starting a shift. 

– Sick leave: Up to three days’ personal or health-related leave per year, unpaid. Other authorized leaves are available (for example, parental or bereavement leave).

– Who to contact if you have an issue at work: Employment Standards Help 

– Learn more: Employment Standards Home

– Minimum wage: $11.50 per hour. Employees called in to work must be paid at least three hours, even if they work less.

– Minimum annual leave for full-time workers: Employees who have worked less than eight years with the employer get one day of vacation time for each month worked, or two weeks of vacation per year, whichever is less. After eight years, they get 1.25 days for every month worked, or three weeks per year, whichever is less.

– Minimum break time: 30 minutes, paid or unpaid, within five hours of starting a shift. 

– Sick leave: Up to five days’ sick leave and up to three days’ family-related leave per year, both unpaid. Other authorized leaves are available (for example, parental or bereavement leave).

– Who to contact if you have an issue at work: Employment Standards Complaints 

– Learn more: Employment Standards Home

– Minimum wage: $11.40 per hour.

– Minimum annual leave for full-time workers: Employees begin accruing vacation pay once they have been employed for five days, and get two weeks’ vacation per year. After fifteen years with the same employer, they get three weeks per year.

– Minimum break time: 30 minutes, paid or unpaid, within five hours of starting a shift. 

– Sick leave: Up to seven days’ personal or health-related leave per year, unpaid. Other authorized leaves are available (for example, parental or bereavement leave).

– Who to contact if you have an issue at work: Contact Labour Standards 

– Learn more: Labour Standards

– Minimum wage: $13.46 per hour.

– Minimum annual leave for full-time workers: Employees get two weeks paid vacation per year. After five years with the same employer, this goes up to three weeks per year.

– Minimum break time: 30 minutes, paid or unpaid, within five hours of starting a shift. 

– Sick leave: Up to five days’ health-related leave per year, unpaid. Other authorized leaves are available (for example, parental or bereavement leave).

– Who to contact if you have an issue at work: Employment Standards Complaints 

– Learn more: Employment Standards

– Minimum wage: $11.05 per hour for inexperienced employees, and $11.55 per hour for experienced employees. Employees called in to work must be paid at least three hours, even if they work less. Further conditions or exceptions may apply.

– Minimum annual leave for full-time workers: Employees who have worked between one and eight years with the employer get two weeks of vacation time per year. After eight years, they get three weeks per year.

– Minimum break time: 30 minutes, paid or unpaid, within five hours of starting a shift. 

– Sick leave: Up to three days’ personal or health-related leave per year, unpaid. Other authorized leaves are available (for example, parental or bereavement leave).

– Who to contact if you have an issue at work: Complaint Process 

– Learn more: Employment Rights

– Minimum wage: $13.00 per hour.

– Minimum annual leave for full-time workers:  Employees get two weeks paid vacation per year. After five years with the same employer, this goes up to three weeks per year.

– Minimum break time: 30 minutes, paid or unpaid, within five hours of starting a shift. 

– Sick leave: Sick leave is not outlined in Nunavut’s Labour Standards. Those pursuing employment in Nunavut should ask prospective employers about sick leave during the hiring process.

– Who to contact if you have an issue at work: Labour Standards Board 

– Learn more: Labour Standards FAQs

– Minimum wage: $14 per hour until September 30, 2020. Varies for students, liquor servers, and some other positions. Employees called in to work must be paid for at least three hours, even if they work less.

– Minimum annual leave for full-time workers: Employees earn vacation time during the first year they’re employed. After 12 months, they get two weeks of annual vacation. After five years, they get three weeks of annual vacation.

– Minimum break time: 30 minutes to one hour, unpaid, within five hours of starting a shift.

– Sick leave: minimum three days’ unpaid per year. Other leave rights apply (for example, parental or bereavement leave). Other authorized leaves are available (for example, parental or bereavement leave).

– Who to contact if you have an issue at work: Ontario Employment Standards

– Learn more: Ontario Employee Standards Act (ESA)

– Minimum wage: $12.25 per hour (revised April 1 each year).

– Minimum annual leave for full-time workers: Employees get two weeks paid vacation per year. After eight years with the same employer, this goes up to three weeks per year.

– Minimum break time: 30 minutes, paid or unpaid, within five hours of starting a shift. 

– Sick leave: Up to three days’ personal sick leave (after three months of employment) and up to three days’ family-related leave (after six months’ employment), both unpaid. Other authorized leaves are available (for example, parental or bereavement leave).

– Who to contact if you have an issue at work: Workers Compensation 

– Learn more: Employment Standards

– Minimum wage: $12.50 per hour. Some exceptions apply. Employees called in to work must be paid for at least three hours, even if they work less.

– Minimum annual leave for full-time workers: Employees get one day of vacation time per full month of uninterrupted employment during the first year they’re employed. After 12 months, they get two weeks of annual vacation. After three years, they get three weeks of annual vacation.

– Minimum break time: 30 minutes, paid or unpaid, within five hours of starting a shift. 

– Sick leave: Two days of paid leave per year. Other authorized leaves are available (for example, parental or bereavement leave).

– Who to contact if you have an issue at work: CNESST complaints

– Learn more: CNESST

– Minimum wage: $11.06 per hour – going up to $11.32 on October 1, 2019. Employees called in to work must be paid at least three hours, even if they work less.

– Minimum annual leave for full-time workers: Employees who have worked at least one year with the same employer get three weeks’ vacation time. After ten years, they get four weeks of annual vacation.

– Minimum break time: 30 minutes, paid or unpaid, within five hours of starting a shift. 

– Sick leave: Up to 12 days’ personal or health-related leave per year, unpaid. Other authorized leaves are available (for example, parental or bereavement leave).

– Who to contact if you have an issue at work: Employment Standards Complaints 

– Learn more: Employment Standards Home

– Minimum wage: $13.46 per hour.

– Minimum annual leave for full-time workers: Employees get two weeks paid vacation per year. 

– Minimum break time: 30 minutes, paid or unpaid, within five hours of starting a shift. 

– Sick leave: Up to 12 days’ health-related leave per year, unpaid (each day is earned per month, so you don’t get 12 days immediately on January 1). Other authorized leaves are available (for example, parental or bereavement leave).

– Who to contact if you have an issue at work: Employment Standards Complaints 

– Learn more: Employment Standards