Labour Standards in the Federal Jurisdiction Workplace

Act: Canada Labour Code, Part III, R.S.C 1985, c. L-2
Regulation: Canada Labour Standards Regulations, SOR/91-461, s.1, SOR/94-668, s. 1;Banking Industry Commission-paid Salespeople Hours of Work Regulations, SOR/2006-92;Broadcasting Industry Commission Salesmen Hours of Work Regulations, SOR/79-430;East Coast and Great Lakes Shipping Employees Hours of Work Regulations, 1985, SOR/86-257, s.1;Motor Vehicle Operators Hours of Work Regulations, C.R.C., c. 990;Ontario Hydro Nuclear Facilities Exclusion from Part III of the Canada Labour Code Regulations (Labour Standards) SOR/98-181;Railway Running-Trades Employees Hours of Work Regulations, C.R.C., c. 991;West Coast Shipping Employees Hours of Work Regulations, C.R.C., c. 992.

To Whom Does This Apply?

Employers and employees involved in federal works, undertakings and businesses, known as federal jurisdiction.

These are businesses and organizations whose main activities include:

• railways, road transport, telephone, telegraph, and cable systems, pipelines, canals, ferries, tunnels, and bridges, shipping and shipping services that extend beyond the border of a province or Canada;
• air transport, aircraft operations, and aerodromes;
• radio and television broadcasting, including cablevision;
• banks;
• businesses dealing with the protection and preservation of fisheries as a natural resource;
  many First Nation activities;
• most grain elevators, flour and seed mill, feed warehouses and grain-seed cleaning plants;
  uranium mining and processing; and
• most federal Crown corporations, such as Canada Post Corporation and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Note: If you are employed in or operate an undertaking other than described above, please contact your provincial or territorial labour department for information relating to labour standards.

Summary

Part III of the Canada Labour Code provides some standards for employment in a federal jurisdiction workplaces The Code includes standards relating to:

• minimum wages
• General Holidays
• GeneralHolidaysContinuousOperations
• Annual Vacations
• maternity-related reassignement leave, maternity leave and parental leave
• Compassionate Care Leave
• Sick Leave and Work-Related Illness and Injury Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Unjust Dismissal
• Unjust Dismissal - Mediation Process  
• Progressive Discipline  
• Hours of Work
• Hours of Work - Motor Transport
• Termination of Employment  
• Wage Recovery
• Deductions from Wages  
• Sexual Harassment
• Keeping of Records

The Canada Labour Standards Regulations modify certain provisions of the Code for all employment in the federal jurisdiction. The other related Regulations modify certain provisions of the Code only for the particular industry or occupation named in the Regulation title.

Labour Program District offices are responsible for monitoring employer establishments to enforce the Code and for investigating individual complaints when employers have not complied with the Code.

A list of Acts and Regulations governing the Labour Program can be found on the Labour Legislation: General Information Web page of HRSDC's Web site.

For more information about Labour Standards in the federal jurisdiction (Canada Labour Code, Part III) you may:

• visit the Labour Program's main Web site; or
• contact your Labour Program District office at the addresses or telephone numbers listed below.

DISCLAIMER
Information contained in this section is of a general nature only and is not intended to constitute advice for any specific fact situation. For particular questions, the users are invited to contact their lawyer. For additional information, see contact(s) listed below.

New Brunswick Contact(s):
Regional Office and the Labour Service Centre
Labour Program
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
1st Floor
1045 Main Street
P.O. Box 1166
Moncton, New Brunswick  E1C 8P9
Fax: 506-851-6645
Toll-free (information): 1-800-641-4049
Web site: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/home.shtml

National Contact(s):
See regional contact(s).