The Saskatchewan government is making changes to its labour and employment rules.
Upcoming changes to the Saskatchewan Employment Act will reduce the administrative burden on employers and provide support for employees.
Changes include:
- Prohibiting employers from withholding tips from their employees.
- Limiting when employers can request sick notes.
- Extending the leave provision to include sick leave, maternity leave, interpersonal violence leave, and bereavement leave.
- Allowing employers to use a calendar day rather than 24 consecutive hours for the purposes of work schedules and overtime provisions.
- Increasing the threshold for when employers are required to notify employees, the minister and the union of a group termination to 25 employees from 10.
- Providing the director of employment standards with the authority to order reinstatement or compensation for lost wages in cases of discrimination by an employer.
The proposed amendments still have to be approved by the legislature.
