employee rights in manitoba
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Employee Rights in Manitoba
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Our Agenda1. Agenda
2. Objectives
3. Introductions
4. Activity 1: Class discussion
5. Activity 2: Review vocabulary
6. Activity 3: Read a dialogue
7. Activity 4: We will your rights as an employee in Manitoba
8. Activity 5: Case studies
9. Activity 6: Dictation
Workshop Objectives
1. To learn 8 new words
2. To learn about some of your rights as an employee in Manitoba
• What is your name?
• Where are you from?
Introductions
Join us in a group discussion
Activity 1
What are some rights that all workers in Manitoba have?
Activity 1
Let’s review the vocabulary
Activity 2
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Something that you are entitled to or deserve
time off from work for some important reason
to say no to something
Lose your job
To take money off your pay
Hours worked more than 8 in a day or 40 in a week
A holiday that everyone is entitled to
Money payed to you while you are on vacation
rightvacation payleave
Stat holidaytermination of employment
refuse
overtimededuct
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Something that you are entitled to or deserve
time off from work for some important reason
to say no to something
Lose your job
To take money off your pay
Hours worked more than 8 in a day or 40 in a week
A holiday that everyone is entitled to
Money payed to you while you are on vacation
right
vacation payleave
Stat holidaytermination of employment
refuse
overtimededuct
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Something that you are entitled to or deserve
time off from work for some important reason
to say no to something
Lose your job
To take money off your pay
Hours worked more than 8 in a day or 40 in a week
A holiday that everyone is entitled to
Money payed to you while you are on vacation
right
vacation pay
leave
Stat holidaytermination of employment
refuse
overtimededuct
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Something that you are entitled to or deserve
time off from work for some important reason
to say no to something
Lose your job
To take money off your pay
Hours worked more than 8 in a day or 40 in a week
A holiday that everyone is entitled to
Money payed to you while you are on vacation
right
vacation pay
leave
Stat holidaytermination of employment
refuse
overtimededuct
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Something that you are entitled to or deserve
Time off from work for some important reason
To say no to something
Lose your job
To take money off your pay
Hours worked more than 8 in a day or 40 in a week
A holiday that everyone is entitled to
Money payed to you while you are on vacation
right
vacation pay
leave
Stat holiday
termination of employment
refuse
overtimededuct
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Something that you are entitled to or deserve
Time off from work for some important reason
To say no to something
Lose your job
To take money off your pay
Hours worked more than 8 in a day or 40 in a week
A holiday that everyone is entitled to
Money payed to you while you are on vacation
right
vacation pay
leave
Stat holiday
termination of employment
refuse
overtime
deduct
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Something that you are entitled to or deserve
Time off from work for some important reason
To say no to something
Lose your job
To take money off your pay
Hours worked more than 8 in a day or 40 in a week
A holiday that everyone is entitled to
Money payed to you while you are on vacation
right
vacation pay
leave
Stat holiday
termination of employment
refuse
overtime
deduct
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Something that you are entitled to or deserve
Time off from work for some important reason
To say no to something
Lose your job
To take money off your pay
Hours worked more than 8 in a day or 40 in a week
A holiday that everyone is entitled to
Money payed to you while you are on vacation
right
vacation pay
leave
Stat holiday
termination of employment
refuse
overtime
deduct
Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Something that you are entitled to or deserve
Time off from work for some important reason
To say no to something
Lose your job
To take money off your pay
Hours worked more than 8 in a day or 40 in a week
A holiday that everyone is entitled to
Money payed to you while you are on vacation
right
vacation pay
leave
Stat holiday
termination of employment
refuse
overtime
deduct
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. How much ___________________ do you have for your holiday next year?
2. Christmas is a ______________________ .
3. I had 4 hours of ___________________ yesterday. I worked 12 hours!
4. Being late once is not a good reason for ______________________________ .
5. How much money does your employer ____________ from your paycheck every month?
6. I need a _______________ from work to care for my children.
7. Every employer has a ______________ to safe working conditions.
8. I _____________ to work because the conditions weren’t safe.
overtime
right vacation payrefuse
Termination of employmentStatutory holiday
deduct
leave
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. How much ___________________ do you have for your holiday next year?
2. Christmas is a ______________________ .
3. I had 4 hours of ___________________ yesterday. I worked 12 hours!
4. Being late once is not a good reason for ______________________________ .
5. How much money does your employer ____________ from your paycheck every month?
6. I need a _______________ from work to care for my children.
7. Every employer has a ______________ to safe working conditions.
8. I _____________ to work because the conditions weren’t safe.
overtime
right
vacation pay
refuse
Termination of employmentStatutory holiday
deduct
leave
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. How much ___________________ do you have for your holiday next year?
2. Christmas is a ______________________ .
3. I had 4 hours of ___________________ yesterday. I worked 12 hours!
4. Being late once is not a good reason for ______________________________ .
5. How much money does employer ____________ from your paycheck every month?
6. I need a _______________ from work to care for my children.
7. Every employer has a ______________ to safe working conditions.
8. I _____________ to work because the conditions weren’t safe.
overtime
right
vacation pay
refuse
Termination of employment
statutory holiday
deduct
leave
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. How much ___________________ do you have for your holiday next year?
2. Christmas is a ______________________ .
3. I had 4 hours of ___________________ yesterday. I worked 12 hours!
4. Being late once is not a good reason for ______________________________ .
5. How much money does your ____________ from your paycheck every month?
6. I need a _______________ from work to care for my children.
7. Every employer has a ______________ to safe working conditions.
8. I _____________ to work because the conditions weren’t safe.
overtime
right
vacation pay
refuse
Termination of employment
statutory holiday
deduct
leave
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. How much ___________________ do you have for your holiday next year?
2. Christmas is a ______________________ .
3. I had 4 hours of ___________________ yesterday. I worked 12 hours!
4. Being late once is not a good reason for ______________________________ .
5. How much money does your employer ____________ from your paycheck every month?
6. I need a _______________ from work to care for my children.
7. Every employer has a ______________ to safe working conditions.
8. I _____________ to work because the conditions weren’t safe.
overtime
right
vacation pay
refuse
termination of employment
statutory holiday
deduct
leave
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. How much ___________________ do you have for your holiday next year?
2. Christmas is a ______________________ .
3. I had 4 hours of ___________________ yesterday. I worked 12 hours!
4. Being late once is not a good reason for ______________________________ .
5. How much money does your employer ____________ from your paycheck every month?
6. I need a _______________ from work to care for my children.
7. Every employer has a ______________ to safe working conditions.
8. I _____________ to work because the conditions weren’t safe.
overtime
right
vacation pay
refuse
termination of employment
statutory holiday
deduct
leave
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. How much ___________________ do you have for your holiday next year?
2. Christmas is a ______________________ .
3. I had 4 hours of ___________________ yesterday. I worked 12 hours!
4. Being late once is not a good reason for ______________________________ .
5. How much money does your employer ____________ from your paycheck every month?
6. I need a _______________ from work to care for my children.
7. Every employee has a ______________ to safe working conditions.
8. I _____________ to work because the conditions weren’t safe.
overtime
right
vacation pay
refuse
termination of employment
statutory holiday
deduct
leave
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. How much ___________________ do you have for your holiday next year?
2. Christmas is a ______________________ .
3. I had 4 hours of ___________________ yesterday. I worked 12 hours!
4. Being late once is not a good reason for ______________________________ .
5. How much money does your employer ____________ from your paycheck every month?
6. I need a _______________ from work to care for my children.
7. Every employee has a ______________ to safe working conditions.
8. I _____________ to work because the conditions weren’t safe.
overtime
right
vacation pay
refuse
termination of employment
statutory holiday
deduct
leave
Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. How much ___________________ do you have for your holiday next year?
2. Christmas is a ______________________ .
3. I had 4 hours of ___________________ yesterday. I worked 12 hours!
4. Being late once is not a good reason for ______________________________ .
5. How much money does your employer ____________ from your paycheck every month?
6. I need a _______________ from work to care for my children.
7. Every employee has a ______________ to safe working conditions.
8. I _____________ to work because the conditions weren’t safe.
overtime
right
vacation pay
refused
termination of employment
statutory holiday
deduct
leave
Let’s listen to a dialogue
Activity 3
What topics do Roman and Hussein discuss?
Listen to a dialogue:
Roman
Hussein
Roman
Hussein
Roman
Hussein
Roman
Hussein
Roman
Hussein, how are you?
All is well! How about you?
Everything is great! I am just coming back from a seminar at Manitoba Start. It was about employee rights in Manitoba. What an eye-opener! I learned so much!
Well, for one thing, we learned about things like vacation pay and overtime pay.
Sounds interesting! What kinds of things did you learn?
Hmmmm…. It is good to know about things like that. Don’t employers have to pay us more if we work more than 40 hours a week?
Yes, in most cases. And we also learned about the right to take certain leaves.
Certain leaves? What is that all about?
Basically that employees have the right to take time off work, in some situations.
Listen to a dialogue: Hussein
Roman
Hussein
Roman
Hussein
Roman
Hussein
Roman
Hussein
Oh yes, I heard that employees can take time off to attend a funeral for a family member, or to take care of a sick child, for example.
Right! There are also laws and rules in place for things like statutory holidays and termination of employment.
You got it!
I think that if we work on a stat holiday our employer has to pay us extra right? I think it’s called time-and-a half, or something like that?
You sure covered a lot of ground. I wish I could have attended that seminar with you!
Don’t worry! This is a two part seminar. You can attend with me tomorrow. The meeting is at 7:00. We are going to learn about the right to refuse work and employment deductions.
Ok, see you then!
That would be wonderful. Can you be at my house by 6:30?
I would love to! Do you mind if we carpool?
Let’s learn about some of your rights as an employee in Manitoba
Activity 4
The following have been deemed to be rights by workplace safety and Health.
-You have the right to know about any hazards you may encounter in your workplace, and how to protect yourself from them.
1. The right to know
-You should receive safety and health training and instruction before you begin work, and in the event your responsibilities at work change.
1. The right to know
-You should always work under the guidance of a competent supervisor who can show you how to do your work safely.
1. The right to know
-You have the right to participate in a workplace Safety and Health Committee if there are 20 or more employees in your workplace.
2. The right to participate
-You have the right to have a Worker Safety and Health Representative if there are between 5 and 19 employees in your workplace.
2. The right to participate
-You have the right to ask for additional information or voice a concern related to safety and health hazards to which you may be exposed.
2. The right to participate
-You have the right to refuse work that you believe is dangerous to your safety and health or to others.
3. The Right to Refuse Unsafe Work…
4. The Right to protection
-if you exercise a right or carry out a duty under the Workplace Safety and Health Act or Regulations, you cannot be disciplined or discriminated against.
4. The Right to protection
-This includes using your right to refuse unsafe work, or reporting a safety and health concern to your supervisor, a Safety Committee member or the Worker Safety Representative. You may also contact Workplace Safety and Health.
Click the link below for more
information:
Workplace Safety and Health
Employment Standards also has a set of rules that apply to all employees in Manitoba.
Here are 3 examples of leave
1. Maternity leave- 17 weeks; If you are an employee expecting to give birth to a child
2. Family leave- 3 days; If you are an employee that needs to take care of a family member
3. Bereavement leave – 3 days; If you are an employee and need to deal with the death of a family member
This link will give you more examples:
Employee leave in Manitoba
2. Deductions; this is money an employer takes off an employees paycheck
In most cases employers can only deduct:
a. money that is required by a law
b. money that the employee agrees to pay for something that is a direct benefit to them.
See more about deductions:
Deductions
3. General holidays; also known as statutory holidays or stat holidays.
These are days that the government has deemed to be holidays. Most employees either get the day off, or must be paid more if they work on one of these days.
More about general holidays:
General holidays
4. overtime; most employees should get paid more if they work more than 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week
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5. Sunday and holiday shopping hours;
The Retail Businesses Holiday Closing Act Determines the hours most retail businesses can be open on Sundays and holidays.
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Click the link below for more information about Sunday holiday shopping hours:
Sunday and holiday shopping hours
6. Termination of employment; Employment relationships can be ended by the employer or employee. Usually the requires the person ending the employment to give notice.
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Click the link below for more information about termination of employment:
Termination of employment
7. Vacations and vacation pay; Employees must receive at least 2 weeks of vacation per year for the first four years of employment, and at least 3 weeks of vacation after the fifth consecutive year.
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For each week of vacation, employees are entitled to 2% of the wages earned in that year, meaning that, employers may put vacation pay on every cheque, or they may choose to pay out at the time of the vacation leave.
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See the link below for more information about vacation pay:
Vacation pay
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8. Minimum wage; The minimum wage is the lowest hourly wage any employee can receive.
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At this time the minimum wage in Manitoba is $11.25 per hour
For more information about minimum wage, see the link below:
Minimum wage
9. Young employees; Young persons working in Manitoba have all of the rights and responsibilities as adult employees.
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Children 16 and under need a child employment permit before they can begin working.
Employees under 18 years old cannot work in certain industries.
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For more information about matters relating to young employees, see the link below:
Young employees
•Telephone: 204-945-3352
•Toll Free: 1-800-821-4307
•Fax: 204-948-3046
•Find the Office nearest you
Need more information?
Case studies
Activity 5
Case Study 1
Simbaljeet’s employer deducts money from her pay to pay for coffee in the lunch room, but she doesn’t drink coffee. She wonders if this is fair.
What do you think?
Case Study 1
Generally, employers can only deduct money if the employee agrees to pay for something that is a direct benefit to them.
Case Study 2
Jack took a day off to attend a funeral for his uncle. He took the day off, but his employer didn’t pay him for the day.
Was this legal?
Case Study 2
Yes! Only domestic violence leaves are required to be paid for by the employer.
Case Study 3
Roman earns $20.00 / hour. He usually works 8 hours a day, but one day he worked 10 hours. He wonders how much he will earn for those extra two hours.
What would you say?
Case Study 3
Roman would earn $60.00.
$20x1.5x2=$60.00
Case Study 4
Jon went to work for 2 weeks at a local convenience store. He was told that he would not get paid for those weeks because it was his “probationary” period..
Any thoughts?
Case Study 4
This was not correct! Employers must pay their employees for each and every hour worked.
Case Study 5
Will he get paid for this day?
Marcos works 40 hours a week. Last week a statutory holiday fell on a day that he doesn’t work.
Case Study 5
Because the general holiday fell on a day that Marcos does not normally work, his employer must give him a normal workday off with general holiday pay.
Dictation
Activity 6
Dictation 1
Dictation 1
The Employment Standards Code provides a number of protected leaves to allow employees time to deal with certain events in their lives without risking the loss of their job.
Dictation 2
Dictation 2
Employers are responsible for paying employees properly for all hours worked.
Dictation 3
Dictation 3
General holidays are sometimes referred to as statutory holidays or stat holidays. They are days recognized by law as holidays. Employees either have this day off with pay, or are paid differently if they work.
Dictation 4
Dictation 4
Standard hours of work are generally 8 hours in a day and 40 hours in a week. Work beyond these hours is overtime and must be paid at 1 ½ times the employee’s regular wage rate.
Dictation 5
Dictation 5
Employment relationships can be ended by either an employer or employee. In most cases, the legislation requires the person ending the employment to give notice.
Review: What did you learn
today?
• 8 new words
• some of your rights as an
employee in Manitoba
Thanks for attending.
See you next time!