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This is how many hours full-time employees work in a week.
What is 30-40 hours a week.
The General Minimum Wage in BC right now.
What is $17.40 per hour.
If you are getting fired, does your employer have to provide written notice?
What is Yes, if you have worked continuously for 3 months or more.
EI is an acronym for this.
What is Employment Insurance.
Pregnant employees have the right to take pregnancy leave of up to how many weeks of unpaid time off work?
What is Standard parental: within 52 weeks (12 months) Extended parental: within 78 weeks (18 months) unpaid time off work.
The number of hours in a regular work day (not including overtime hours).
What is 8 hours.
According to the ____ hour rule Ontario upholds, employers must pay regularly working employees for ___ hours even if they worked less time.
What is 4 Hours.
How many sick days are you entitled to?
What is any worker who has been employed for at least two weeks is entitled to up to three days of unpaid sick leave a year.
You may not be eligible for EI for one of these two reasons.
What is you quit your job or got fired.
An employee is entitled to this number of days of unpaid leave per year when an immediate family member dies.
What is 3 days.
This is how long you can work in a day without a 30 minute unpaid break or "Eating Period"
(Remember: If you must be available for work on your break, you must be paid).
What is 5 hours.
Your employer must pay you this if you work more than 8 hours a day but less than 12 hours.
What is Overtime or Time-and-a-Half.
Sometimes an employee will have to let you go temporarily if there is a shortage of work. This is called ______________.
What is a layoff.
How many hours do you need to be eligible for regular EI Benefits?
What is you will need 420 hours of insurable employment to qualify for regular benefits.
True or False.
Only Women can apply for Parental benefits through EI.
What is False.
Both new parents have the right to take parental leave of up to 61 or 63 weeks of unpaid time off work.
Most employees who qualify are entitled to take these days off work and be PAID public holiday pay.
What are statutory holidays, or STAT days.
Can an employer deduct money from your wages?
What is yes, only under specific circumstances.
1. Statutory deductions - Income Taxes.
2. Court Orders
3. If the employee has signed a written statement authorizing the deduction. This is called a "written authorization." Example: for the cost of a uniform etc.
If an employer doesn't give a job because of your gender, age, race, religion, birthplace, sexual orientation, marital or family status, mental or physical disability.
What is discrimination.
What disqualifies you from getting EI?
What is voluntarily leaving employment without just cause or losing employment by reason of one's own misconduct.
An employer can't fire a woman because she is pregnant or give her job away while she is gone, the employer must do one of these two things.
What is give the same job the employee had before the leave began; or a comparable job, if the employee’s old job no longer exists.
You and your employer can enter into a written agreement that allows your employer to schedule your working time in a way to better meet the employer's needs. This is called______________.
What is an averaging agreement
After this amount of time, employers must give you at least two weeks paid vacation every year.
What is one year or 12 months.
Can you still work and claim EI?
What is Yes - however if you earn money while receiving EI benefits, you can keep 50 cents of your benefits for every dollar you earn, up to 90% of your previous weekly earnings (roughly 4 and a half days of work). Above this cap, your EI benefits are deducted dollar-for-dollar.
Family caregiver leave may be taken to provide care or support to certain family members for whom a qualified health practitioner has issued a certificate stating that they have a serious medical condition. How many weeks can you take off per calendar year?
What is up to 27 weeks unpaid per calendar year per specified family member.