Hours of Work
Employees are entitled to a 30 minute unpaid break after ______ consecutive hours of work.
What is 5?
Employers must provide all employees with a minimum of ___________ of paid vacation every year.
What is two weeks?
(Or 4% of earnings)
Every new employee goes through this 3-month period, during which time their employment may be terminated without notice.
What is a probationary period?
Current minimum wage in Ontario.
What is $16.55/hour?
The acronym E.S.A. stands for this employment-related law.
What is the Employment Standards Act?
Employees must have a minimum of _____ consecutive hours free from work each week.
What is 24?
This type of leave was created during the Covid-19 pandemic and demonstrates how employment laws can evolve to meet current societal challenges.
What is Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL)?
Employees are not entitled to any termination notice or pay if they are terminated _______ _________.
What is "for cause"?
True of False: Employers are required to pay employees on a regularly-occurring schedule.
What is true?
The ESA establishes _____________standards that employers must follow.
What is minimum?
According to the ESA, the longest allowable shift is ____hours.
What is 13?
Employees earn "premium pay" (1.5x) if they work on these designated days.
What are public (or statutory) holidays?
This ESA entitlement is one week for every year worked, to a maximum of 8 weeks.
What is notice pay?
Employers are not permitted to withhold this type of earnings from service industry employees.
What are tips ?
This government body enforces the ESA in Ontario.
What is the Ministry of Labour?
This classification of worker is exempt from the hours of work provision in the ESA.
What is managers and supervisors?
Can an employee with a large amount of earned (but unused) vacation use that vacation whenever they want?
No - employer must approve vacation scheduling.
Employees are only eligible for this termination entitlement if they have worked for the employer for at least 5 years.
What is severance pay?
Employers must start paying employees overtime pay after ______ of work in a week.
What is 44?
True or False: The ESA does not apply to foreign workers or international students.
False
Would an employee who works three 12 hour shifts in a row (ex: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) be eligible for overtime pay?
No
True or False: Employers are required to pay their employees during a job protected leave of absence (ex: parental leave).
What is false?
In addition to the ESA, employers should always consider this type of law when preparing employee termination packages.
What is common law? (decisions made by judges in a court of law).
True or False: An employer is permitted to pay an employee less than minimum wage if the employee agrees in writing.
What is false?
The ESA sets minimum standards and cannot be contracted out of.
True or False: Employers are legally allowed to terminate employees who file an ESA complaint.
False.