GUIDE FOR NEW WORKERS - WorkSafe Saskatchewan

GUIDE FOR NEW WORKERS

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Introduction

The Guide for New Workers focuses on helping new or young workers make a successful transition to work. The resources promote the development of safe, fair, co-operative, representative and productive workplaces.

New workers and employers know that it takes more than a job to be ready for work. This guide brings together valuable workplace information covering a broad range of topics.

The topics are organized by the four phases of the job cycle:

1. Entering or re-entering the job market. 2. Starting a job. 3. During a job. 4. Leaving a job.

For more information on the employment standards and occupational health and safety topics discussed in this guide, visit saskatchewan.ca.

If you are 14 or 15 and want to take The Young Worker Readiness Certificate Course (YWRCC), visit saskatchewan.ca/ywrcc.

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Who's covered?

In Canada, some jobs are governed by provincial laws, while others fall under federal laws. Although The Guide for New Workers is written primarily for jobs under Saskatchewan's provincial jurisdiction, it will be helpful for all new workers.

Whether the job you seek is under federal or provincial jurisdiction, your employer will expect you to have good work habits (e.g., be on time, do the best job you can, work safely, etc.). Similarly, how you approach finding a job (e.g., looking online, preparing a resume, networking, job research) is not determined by federal or provincial laws about work.

Federal law

Many jobs in Saskatchewan are regulated through federal law. Most federal laws and regulations for work are found in The Canada Labour Code.

The Canada Labour Code (labour standards and occupational health and safety) applies to employees in industries like:

? Inter-provincial and international services such as railways; international highway transport; pipelines; telephone, telegraph and cable systems; shipping and shipping services;

? Radio and television broadcasting;

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? Air transport; ? Banks; ? Most grain elevators, flour and seed mills; ? Uranium mining and processing; and ? Most federal crown corporations and the

federal public service.

For more information about The Canada Labour Code, visit laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/l-2/.

Provincial laws The Saskatchewan Employment Act contains 12 laws for work in our province: Part II Employment Standards, Part III Occupational Health and Safety and Part VI Labour Relations.

Although Part II of The Saskatchewan Employment Act covers many occupations in Saskatchewan, there are some notable exceptions and variations in coverage that the new worker should know.

Partial Exemptions under Part II -- Employment Standards Businesses in which only immediate family members are employed are totally exempt from employment standards. However, if a non-family person is hired, then employment standards apply to that employee, as well as the family members. An immediate family member is:

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? A spouse of the employer or a person with whom the employer cohabits and has cohabited as a spouse in a relationship of some permanence;

? A parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother or sister of the employer; or

? A parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother or sister of the employer or the employer's spouse.

Farming, ranching and market gardening Employment standards do not cover employees producing food on farms, ranches or market gardens. However, the Employment Standards Division can help employees to get back unpaid wages that are owed under the contract of employment.

Employment standards do cover employees working in:

? Egg hatcheries, greenhouses and nurseries; ? Bush clearing operations; and ? Commercial hog operations Sitters You are a sitter if you are hired privately to come in on an occasional short-term basis to allow care givers, like parents, to go shopping, go to the movies, etc. As a sitter, you are not covered by Part II of the Act.

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Domestic workers

If you're hired to perform work in the private residence of the employer related to the management and operation of the household (e.g., cleaning, washing and gardening), you're a domestic worker. Come-in domestic workers are entirely covered by Saskatchewan's employment standards. Some special rules apply to live-in domestic workers.

For more information, contact the Employment Standards Division Office closest to you.

Care providers

You're a care provider if you're hired for the care and supervision of an immediate family member in either the home of the employer or the home of the family member requiring care.

Come-in care providers are exempt from minimum wage, overtime and the requirement to provide notice of termination or pay instead of notice. All other employment standards apply.

There are some special provisions for live-in care providers. For more information, contact the Employment Standards Office closest to you.

Home workers

If you are an employee and work out of your own home, you're a home worker. You might do work such as sewing, taking orders for goods or services over the phone, or office work via computer links.

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