The employer is required to keep an accurate payroll and he or she must file a statement with the WCB, reporting the amount their employees made during the previous year. Notifying the WCB in case of an injury is also the responsibility of the employer. The Employment Standards Act applies to most workers. An employee is anyone who is hired to perform work or a service. Self-employed workers are exempt from the Act.
Employees get a one-hour unpaid meal break if they work a shift of five hours or longer.
Employees who do not receive a vacation must be paid vacation pay equal to four percent of their gross. A woman who been with one employer for at least 12 consecutive months is entitled to 17 weeks unpaid maternity leave, as well as 17 weeks parental leave. On her return she must be reinstated to her former position, or a similar one. She must not receive lower wages and benefits, than she was getting when she left. Work on Remembrance Day requires a wage of 2 times the regular rate of pay.