New Brunswick Employment Standards
As part of the National Payroll Institute’s advocacy efforts to streamline the administration of employment standards in all jurisdictions in Canada, the Institute made recommendations to simplify and streamline certain employment standards in New Brunswick. These recommendations include:
Recommendations in Brief
- Legislate the averaging of hours.
- Have clear legislation on travel time.
- Limit the amount of compassionate care leave intervals to 1 or 2.
- Allow employers to direct wages to their Minister or Director of Labour/Employment Standards when a terminated employee cannot be located.
- Allow deduction of overpayments of salary and vacation without having to contact the Employment Standards Branch for Guidance.