This is an indispensable and current reference for employers, unions, labour and employment law practitioners, and human resources professionals practicing in Alberta and providing advice to Alberta employers. The Annotated Alberta Employment Standards Code includes:

The full text of Alberta’s Employment Standards Code
The full text of Alta. Regulation 14/97, Employment Standards Regulation under the Code
The Act in the text is annotated with commentary, new digests of decisions, and cross-references to related provisions

Employment Standards Officer and Appeal Body decisions published over the past year have considered a breadth of employment issues and provisions of the Code. These decisions summarized in this year's edition of the Code serve as a reminder of the breadth of the issues available for adjudication through the statutory review process, which provides an efficient and cost-effective forum for resolution of employee-employer disputes.

In this edition of the book, legislation is current to Alberta Gazette Vol. 120:06 (March 30, 2024).

New in This Edition:

Since the previous version of this Annotated Employment Standards Code was finalized in March of 2023, the below legislative amendments have come into force. The annotations to this revised legislation reflect the impact of these updates, as well as recent judicial interpretation.
The Continuing Care Consequential Amendments Regulation, Alta. Reg. 22/2024, amends the definitions of "home care" and "residential care" within the Employment Standards Regulation (AR 14/97). The amendments came into force on April 1, 2024.

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Annotated Alberta Employment Standards Code 2024-2025 Edition

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