Employment Standards

Paying Wages

Deductions from Wages

Employers are responsible for paying employees regularly and for all hours worked. Sometimes one or the other will want money deducted from an employee’s pay. There are restrictions regarding what employers are allowed to deduct from wages.

Hours of Work and Breaks

Paying Wages and Keeping Records

Employers and employees need to keep accurate records of the hours worked and the amount paid for those hours. Employers must pay employees for all hours they work and explain how the pay was calculated. The Employment Standards Branch requires employers to keep some pay records for three years.

Wage Schedule - Heavy Construction

Wage Schedule - ICI Construction

Wage for reporting for work

Sometimes employees are scheduled to work a shift and then the shift is cancelled or shortened. In other situations employees are called in to work when they were not scheduled. Employees who report for work are paid for at least three hours work, or their full shift, whichever is less.

What is Minimum Wage?

The minimum wage is the lowest amount, per hour, that employees must be paid by their employers for work in Manitoba.