The Employment Standards Act serves all New Brunswick employees and employers who come within provincial jurisdiction. Employees governed by a collective agreement must avail themselves of the grievance process under their agreement rather than placing a complaint under the Employment Standards Act. Collective agreements cannot provide for lesser benefits than those contained under the Employment Standards Act.

Employees and employers who fall within federal jurisdiction are governed by the Canada Labour Code. For more information about whether you may be governed by the federal Canada Labour Code, click here.

For those employers and employees party to a collective agreement, click here for additional information.