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Home / Your Rights at Work

Your Rights at Work

You have rights as an employee.

Overview of Rights | Minimum Employment Standards | If Your Employment Ends | Discrimination & Bullying | Occupational Health & Safety | Getting More Help


Overview of Rights

  • 10 Rights at Work You Probably Didn’t Know You Have in Alberta (article)
  • 11 Alberta Workplace Rights Most People Think They Have but Don’t (article)

Minimum Employment Standards

  • General information about employment standards (FAQs)
  • General holidays and holiday pay (FAQs)
  • Hours of work (FAQs)
  • Maternity and parental leave (FAQs)
  • Job-protected leaves (FAQs)
  • Overtime (FAQs)
  • Pay – minimum wage and deductions (FAQs)
  • Termination and temporary lay-off (FAQs)
  • Vacations and vacation pay (FAQs)
  • Employment contracts (FAQs)
  • Difference between employees and contractors (FAQs)
  • Enforcement of employment standards (FAQs)
  • Your Rights at Work in Alberta – Employment Standards Code (infographic)

If Your Employment Ends

  • Human Rights in the Workplace: Termination of Employment (info sheet and on-demand webinar)
  • Droits de la personne en milieu de travail: Cessation d’emploi (fiche d’information)
  • You’ve Lost Your Job … Now What? (info sheet)
  • Things to Know When You’ve Lost Your Job (info sheet)
  • Employment Insurance and Job Loss (info sheet)
  • Termination and temporary lay-off – employment standards (FAQs)
  • If Your Employment Ends – Laws for Tenants in Alberta (info sheet)

Discrimination & Bullying

  • Human Rights in the Workplace: What are human rights? (info sheet and on-demand webinar)
  • Droits de la personne en milieu de travail: Les droits de la personne, qu’est-ce que c’est? (fiche d’information)
  • Human Rights in the Workplace: Resolving Disputes (info sheet and on-demand webinar)
  • Droits de la personne en milieu de travail: Résolution des différends (fiche d’information)
  • Discrimination & Bullying (FAQs)
  • Alberta Human Rights Act – discrimination at work (infographic)
  • Duty to Accommodate – what you and your employer should know (infographic)
  • Sexual Violence in the Workplace (info sheet)
  • 9 Things You Shouldn’t Be Asked in a Job Interview (article)
  • Some Jerks Don’t Grow Out of It: 10 Tips for Handling an Office Bully (article)
  • Would You Recognize Workplace Discrimination? 9 Examples of What it Could Look Like (article)

Occupational Health & Safety

  • Occupational Health & Safety Laws in Alberta (FAQs)

Getting More Help

Still looking for more information? Try searching LawNow’s collection of articles about various employment law topics.

  • Directory of resources in Alberta (LawCentral Alberta) (French)
  • Alberta Employment Standards (Government of Alberta)
  • Alberta Human Rights Commission
  • Occupational Health and Safety (Government of Alberta)
  • Temporary Foreign Workers (Government of Alberta)
  • Workers’ Resource Centre (help with employment issues)
  • Alberta Workers’ Health Centre (legal information about safe and healthy workplace)

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