Newfoundland and Labrador 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 newfoundland and Labrador. These recommendations include:
Recommendations in Brief
- Legislate the averaging of hours.
- Have clear legislation on travel time.
- Exclude elect-to-work employees in the holiday eligibility requirements.
- Limit the amount of compassionate care leave intervals to 1 or 2.
- Allow employers and employees to enter into statutory holiday substitution agreements.