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Alberta - Compensation & Benefit Legislation

ALBERTA - AASHOWME

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ALBERTA - CONSULATE

Consulate General - Calgary

615 MacLeod Trail S.E.

Room 100

Calgary, Alberta T2G 4T8

 

ALBERTA - COST-OF-LIVING

ERI's Relocation Assessor™ is a recommended source for U.S./Canadian cost-of-living and U.S. Automobile Cost Survey.

 

ALBERTA - GARNISHMENTS

Exemption - Exemption is the sum of the minimum exemption plus 50% of the net pay that exceeds the minimum exemption. However, the employees exemption may not exceed the maximum exemption.

 

Minimum exemption $800 plus $200 for each dependent

Maximum exemption $2,400 plus $200 for each dependent

 

Maintenance and Support Orders - Such an order binds all money owing to the employee after the date of service to the employer.

 

Wage assignment - Wage assignment are not allowed in Alberta.

 

ALBERTA - GROUP HEALTH CODE ADDITIONS

Hospital & Medical Care Premiums:

$34.00 per month for single;

$68.00 per month for family. (Effective 7/1/95)

 

Eligibility - Any person moving into the province of Alberta must register within one month of becoming eligible. A resident may opt out of the program but it must be renewed each year.

 

Waiting Period - If coming from outside Canada, eligibility is upon arrival. If coming from within Canada, there is a three month waiting period.

 

(Alberta Labour Standards)

 

ALBERTA - HOLIDAYS

New Year's Day, Family Day (3rd Monday in February); Good Friday; Victoria Day; Canada Day; Labour Day; Thanksgiving Day; Remembrance Day; Christmas Day.

 

Statutory Holiday Pay (if worked):

Time + one-half plus regular pay, or

alternate day plus regular pay.

 

(Alberta Labour Standards)

 

ALBERTA - JURY DUTY & WITNESS TIME OFF

The employer must allow an employee sufficient leave to serve as a juror when the employee is summoned.

 

ALBERTA - LEAVES OF ABSENCE

Adoption Leave - Employee is entitled to unpaid leave up to 8 weeks. Such leave commences on the date of custody.

 

ALBERTA - MINIMUM AGE

Minimum age in Alberta is 15. May not be employed during school hours. Under the age of 15, parental approval required. Exemptions may be for vocational training and agricultural employment.

 

ALBERTA - MINIMUM REMUNERATION

Minimum Remuneration: $5.90 (effective October 1, 1999).

 

Minimum Daily Remuneration: 3 hours.

 

Overtime: Time + one-half.

 

Double Time: Not reported.

 

(Alberta Labour Standards)

 

ALBERTA - PARENTAL LEAVE

Maternity Leave: 18 weeks after 12 months of employment.

 

Paternity and Parental Leave: Not reported.

 

(Alberta Labour Standards)

 

ALBERTA - PENSION PLANS

Plan Membership - Any employee of an employer with a registered pension plan is entitled to be a member of the plan when:

 

  1. in the case of a multi-employer plan, at the end of two consecutive fiscal years where the employee has worked 350 hours, or

  2. the employee has completed two years of continuous service.

    3.  

Vesting - Employees are vested after 5 years of continuous employment.

 

Interest on Employee Contributions - The rate must be equal to the fund return or the average yields on 5 year personal fixed deposits.

 

Minimum Employer Contribution - The employer contribution must be at least 50% of the total pension value.

 

Portability - An employee who terminates may transfer his/her pension benefit to:

 

  1. another pension plan,

  2. a locked-in RRSP,

  3. an insurance company to purchase a deferred pension,

  4. a series of payments for a fixed term where the employee has a physical disability that will shorten his/her life.

 

Normal Retirement - The age at which the employee may retire on an unreduced pension.

 

Early Retirement - Employees may retire 10 years earlier than the normal retirement date.

 

Survivor Benefits - A surviving spouse is entitled to the pension of the deceased spouse. here there is no spouse the value of the member’s contributions plus interest are payable to the beneficiary.

 

Pension plans must be joint pension wherein the spouse is entitled to a benefit after the retired employee dies. This benefit may be a reduced one but not by more than 40%.

 

ALBERTA - PREVAILING WAGE/IMMIGRANT PAY

Neither Canada nor any of the provinces has "prevailing wage" regulations that relate to foreign workers. There is a policy in place regarding immigrants that ensures that employers first consider Canadian citizens, as well as permanent residents, and that the entry of foreign workers will not adversely affect employment or career opportunities for Canadian citizens and permanent residents. In general, the offer of employment to a foreign worker requires validation by a Human Resources Canada Centre (HRCC), except when a foreign worker is exempt through an international agreement or falls under one of the exemption categories (wages and working conditions, the employer's efforts to consider Canadian citizens as well as permanent residents, etc.). These cases must be examined by a Human Resources and Development Canada (HRDC) officer in order to grant a validation of an offer of employment. Canada does not have any salary scale established, but rather the officers consider the experience of the worker, the education, and the job market situation, unions, and job advertisements to determine whether that the pay is "acceptable Canadian wages". For more information on hiring foreign workers, refer to the Human Resources and Development Canada's web site http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/hrib/lmd-dmt/fw-te/common/a.shtml, as well as the Citizenship and Immigration Canada's web site http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/about/faq/ask%2D16e.html. These two federal departments are responsible for this policy. The former is responsible for the validation of the offer of employment; the latter is responsible for the employment authorization.

 

ALBERTA - REMUNERATION

ERI's Relocation Assessor™ is a recommended source for U.S./Canadian wages & salaries (covering 3,000 positions).

 

ALBERTA - TERMINATION & SEVERANCE PAY

Notice of Termination by Employer: 1 week after 3 months; 2 weeks after 2 years; 4 weeks after 4 years; 5 weeks after 6 years; 6 weeks after 8 years; 8 weeks after 10 or more years.

 

Vacation Pay Upon Termination: 4% of annual earnings; 6% after 5 years.

 

(Alberta Labour Standards)

 

Payment Required: Within 3 days after the last day of employment where employment terminated with notice or pay in lieu of notice; within 10 days where employment terminated without notice or pay in lieu of notice.

 

ALBERTA - UNEMPLOYMENT TAX

See Canadian Federal Unemployment Insurance

 

ALBERTA - VACATION PAY

2 weeks; 3 weeks after 5 years.

 

Vacation Pay During First Year: 4% of annual earnings; 6% after 5 years.

 

(Alberta Labour Standards)

 

ALBERTA - VOTING TIME OFF

Time Allowed: Three consecutive hours.

 

Act extends to railway companies and hours to scheduled commercial air service companies and their employees, except those actually engaged in operation or dispatching of trains or scheduled commercial aircraft where interference with schedules would result.

 

Penalties for violation: Individual fine not exceeding $500.

 

Authority: Election Act, R.S.A. 1980, c. E2, ss. 131,150.

 

Municipal elections: Three consecutive hours of leave must be granted.

 

ALBERTA - WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Maximum Assessable Earnings - $44,000.

 

Waiting Periods -

Pay for day of injury - yes.

Compensation for day of injury - no.

Compensation payable day after injury - yes.

Waiting Period - no.

 

Weekly Benefits for Temporary Disability - 90% of net earnings.

 

Monthly Permanent Disability - For permanent clinical impairment, a lump sum, non-economic loss payment is payable on the percentage of clinical impairment. The maximum is $61,322 and the minimum 2% of that amount.

 

Administration: Workers' Compensation Board, P.O. Box 2415, 9925 107th Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2S5.

 

(Alberta Labour Standards)