You will need to refer to both the Employment Standards Code and the Employment Standards Regulation for completing this activity. These areon-line athttps://www.qp.alberta.ca/570.cfm?frm_isbn=9780779820580&search_by=link

. For questions 1 to7, look at the legislation - Employment Standards Code and for questions 8 to 11 look at the regulation - Employment Standards Regulation.

Your employer routinely deducts cash shortages from your paycheck. Is this legal?

Question 1 options:

1)

Yes, you are responsible for this.

2)

Yes, but only if the employee was the only one who had access to the cash.

3)

Yes, it the employer obtains written permission from the employee, they can make any type of deduction.

4)

No, this is never allowed.

Question 2(1 point)

Question 2 options:

an employee who has worked for you for six years is entitled to

weeks of vacation pay. SPELLING COUNTS

Question 3(2 point)

Question 3 options:

For employees who are entitled to overtime pay, you must pay overtime must be paid for work over

hours per day OR over

hours per week, whichever is greater. SPELLING COUNTS

Question 4(1 point)

How often does an employer have to pay an employee? In other words, what is the longest pay period allowed by the statute?

Question 4 options:

1)

at least once a week

2)

at least once every two weeks

3)

at least twice per month

4)

at least once every month

5)

there are no rules about this, the employer can pay whenever it wants

Question 5(1 point)

Wages must be paid not later than ____________ after the end of a pay period

Question 5 options:

1)

one week

2)

10 days

3)

two weeks

4)

one month

Question 6(4 points)

Which of the following is allowed under the employment standards legislation?

Question 6 options:

1)

You work for a Canadian subsidiary of an American corporation. Instead of paying in Canadian currency, you are paid in US dollars. You find this annoying, because the exchange rate fluctuates, and you never know how much you are making.

2)

You are working a 6-hour shift. You always get a 40 minute rest period during your shift.

3)

Your employees have the option to buy a UPass for Calgary transit, which reduces their cost to use public transit. Any employee who wants this pass signs a form authorizing you to deduct the cost from their paycheque, and based on this, you deduct this cost from their paycheque.

4)

Your employer asks you to sign a contract that pays you a high wage, but in exchange, asks you to agree that the Employment Standards Code does not apply to your employment.

5)

Richard uses expensive welding tools to do his work. The tools belong to his employer and are kept in shop to which all employees have access. Some of Richard's tools go missing. Richard's employer deducts the cost of the replacement tools from Richard's pay.

6)

An employee has been working for you for five years and is going on maternity leave. You are not going to pay her for her maternity leave.

7)

Though the Employment Standards Code says you are entitled to three weeks of vacation, your written employment contract says that you are entitled to six weeks' paid vacation, and this is what you get every year.

8)

An employee can agree to make less than minimum wage.

Question 7(1 point)

Question 7 options:

Unless there is a written overtime agreement, an employee making 20 dollars per hour must be paid

dollars for overtime work. SPELLING COUNTS

Question 8(1 point)

You will need to refer to the regulation for this question and those that follow. You have a restaurant. Your employee is 17 and is attending SAIT. What is the minimum wage you must pay this person?

Question 8 options:

1)

$12.20 per hour

2)

$13 per hour

3)

$13.60 per hour

4)

$15.00 per hour

5)

none of the above

Question 9(1 point)

Which of the following is correct about paying employees for overtime work?

Question 9 options:

1)

you must pay overtime to employees who are either servers in restaurants or clerks working in retail

2)

you must pay overtime to employees who are professionals, including accountants and others

3)

you must pay overtime to live in domestic workers

4)

all of the above

5)

a and b only

Question 10(1 point)

Rules about holidays and holiday pay do not apply to

Question 10 options:

1)

teachers

2)

people working as extras in the film industry

3)

a commission salesperson

4)

a hockey player in the Western Hockey League

5)

all of the above

Question 11(1 point)

Which of the following is allowed under the employment standards regulation?

Question 11 options:

1)

You provide required uniforms to your employees and deduct the cost from their paycheques.

2)

If a work experience program is properly approved, students in the program do not have to be paid minimum wage.