Employment Standards Workshop

What is covered by the ESA?

The ESA covers a wide range of employment standards including: minimum requirements for employment; provisions to assist employees with family responsibilities; increased flexibility in work arrangements; and mechanisms for compliance and enforcement.

• The employment standards poster: posting and distributing requirements
• Hours of work, eating periods and rest periods
• Payment of wages
• Overtime pay
• Tips and gratuities
• Minimum wage
• Pregnancy and parental leave
• Personal emergency leave
• Family caregiver leave
• Family medical leave
• Critical illness leave
• Crime-related child death or disappearance leave
• Public holidays
• Vacation
• Termination of employment and temporary layoffs
• Severance of employment
• Equal pay for equal work
• Temporary help agencies
• Enforcement and compliance