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Nunavut
This section provides
specific information for the Nunavut territory. Click one of the links
on the left to move directly to the corresponding section.
NOTE: Complete
territory-specific information for Nunavut was not available at the time
this web page was published. Many of
the laws and statutes listed here still apply from when Nunavut was still
part of the Northwest Territories.
Hours
of Work
The type of employee
excluded from this legislature are management employees.
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Maximum
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10 hours/day and 60 hours/week |
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** Exclude statutory hours from overtime calculation
and reduce the work week by the statutory hours |
| Overtime |
8.00 hours/day or 40.00 hours/week whichever is greater |
| Overtime Rate |
1 and 1/2 times the employee's regular rate of pay |
| Double Time |
If employee works on another day of rest in same week
as the Statutory holiday |
| Double Time Rate |
2 times regular rate of pay |
| Break Period |
1/2 hour per consecutive 5 hours worked |
| Rest Period |
At least 24 consecutive hours/week |
Leaves
Pregnancy Leave
| Time with Employer |
twelve consecutive months |
| Required Notice |
four weeks |
| Length of Leave |
17 weeks taken no sooner than 17 weeks before the expected
date of birth. |
| Extension of Leave |
6 weeks |
| Benefits Maintained |
No |
Parental Leave
| Time with Employer |
twelve consecutive months |
| Required Notice |
four weeks written notice |
| Length of Leave |
37 consecutive weeks beginning immediately after the
maternity leave or for the father within a 52 week period after the
child arrives home or for adoptive parents on the date of custody
of the child. |
| Benefits Maintained |
No |
Voting Leave
| Time with Employer |
N/A |
| Required Notice |
N/A |
| Length of Leave |
three consecutive hours |
| Paid |
Yes |
Holidays
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Holidays
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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New Year's
Day
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Mon.,
Jan. 1 |
Tue.,
Jan. 1 |
Thu.,
Jan. 1 |
Fri.,
Jan. 1 |
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Good Friday
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Fri.,
Apr. 6 |
Fri.,
Mar.21 |
Fri.,
Apr. 10 |
Fri.,
Apr. 2 |
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Canada
Day
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Sun..,
July. 1 |
Tue.,
July 1 |
Wed.,
July 1 |
Thu.,
Jul. 1 |
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Labour
Day
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Mon.,
Sep. 3 |
Mon.,
Sep. 1 |
Mon.,
Sep. 7 |
Mon.,
Sep. 6 |
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Christmas
Day
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Tue.,
Dec.25 |
Thu.,
Dec. 25 |
Fri.,
Dec. 25 |
Sat.,
Dec. 25 |
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Victoria
Day
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Mon.,
May 21 |
Mon.,
May 19 |
Mon.,
May 18 |
Mon.,
May 24 |
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Thanksgiving
Day
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Mon.,
Oct. 8 |
Mon.,
Oct. 13 |
Mon.,
Oct. 12 |
Mon.,
Oct. 11 |
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Remembrance
Day
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Sun.,
Nov. 11 |
Tue.,
Nov. 11 |
Wed.,
Nov. 11 |
Thu.,
Nov. 11 |
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1st
Monday in August
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Mon.,
Aug. 6 |
Mon.,
Aug. 4 |
Mon.,
Aug. 3 |
Mon.,
Aug. 2 |
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National
Aboriginal Day
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Thu., June 21 |
Sat., June 21 |
Sun., June 21 |
Mon., June 21 |
According to the Canadian
Labour Standards Code, whenever the following holidays occur on a
Saturday or Sunday, New Year's Day, Canada Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas
Day, the employer must grant his or her employee a holiday with pay on
the next working day immediately preceding or following the holiday, providing
that the holiday is a provincial requirement. If a statutory holiday is
worked on a regularly scheduled work day, an employee must either receive
their regular pay plus time and a half or receive their regular pay and
be granted a day off with pay some other time before their next annual
vacation or their termination.
Terminations
Required Notice
Individual Termination
| Length of Employment |
Notice Required |
| Under 90 days |
None |
| Between 90 days and 3 years |
2 weeks |
| 3 years or more |
For every year after 3 years an additional week is required
up to 8 weeks in total |
Group Termination
| Number of Employees |
Notice Required |
| 25 to 49 |
4 weeks |
| 50 to 99 |
8 weeks |
| 100 to 299 |
12 weeks |
| 300 or more |
16 weeks |
Worker's
Compensation
Assessable Earnings:
Included
| Car allowances (if taxable) |
| Clothing allowances (if taxable) |
| Moving allowances (if taxable) |
| Travel allowances (if taxable) |
| Bonuses |
| Commissions |
| Call in pay |
| Call back pay |
| Standby pay |
| Gifts |
| Gratuities |
| Pay in lieu of notice |
| Regular salary or wages/overtime |
| Sick Pay (Paid during year) |
| Vacation Pay/Statutory Holiday Pay |
| Shift Premium |
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| Taxable Benefits such as: |
| Board & Lodging |
| Company car |
| Life Insurance |
| Loans |
Excluded
| Director's Fees |
| Retiring allowance |
| Severance Pay |
| Short-term disability paid by the employer |
| Long-term disability paid by the employer |
| Temporary lay-off with pay |
| Pre-retirement with pay |
| Sick pay on termination |
| Maternity with pay |
| WCB |
| WCB Top-up |
Pay
Statements
For the Northwest
Territories the pay is required monthly or more frequently. The employee
must receive their pay within ten days after each pay period.Northwest
Terrritories pay statement must contain the following:
- Rate of pay
- Dates of pay periods
- Total number of
hours worked
- Net pay
- Deductions and
reasons for those deductions
Minimum
Wages
| Parties Applicable |
Wage Rate |
| All ages |
$8.50 |
Minimum
Age
As long as the employer
meets the Labour Standards requirements a child under 17 can be employed
in any occupation. Although their is a requirement to get written approval
from the Labour Standards Officer for employment in construction. There
must also be granted permission for anyone under the age of 17 to work
hours between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Vacationable
Earnings
Included
| Work related
bonuses (cash) |
| Call in pay |
| Call back pay |
| Commissions
earned at employer's premises |
| Commissions
earned by a route salesman |
| Commissions earned away from employer's premises |
| Overtime pay |
| Pay in lieu of notice/Termination pay |
| Previously paid
vacation pay (not clearly addressed) |
| Profit Sharing |
| Regular salary/wages/retroactive |
| Shift premium |
| Statutory - General Holidays |
Excluded
| Allowances (Car, clothing, moving, travel) |
| Discretionary bonuses (cash) |
| Director's fees (not clearly addressed) |
| Gifts (cash or in kind) |
| Severance/Plant severance (not clearly addressed) |
| Sick pay - Sick days |
| Standby pay |
| Statutory - Company Holidays (floaters) - (not clearly addressed) |
| Tips and Gratuities |
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| Taxable Benefits: |
| Board & lodging |
| Company car |
| Life Insurance |
| Loans |
Provincial
Health
No premiums are required
by either the employer or the employee to have coverage under the Northwest
Territories Health Care Plan. The federal and territorial taxes provide
the funding for the health care plan.
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