Acts and Regulations

E-7.2 - Employment Standards Act

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Payment of wages
35(1)Subject to subsection (4), an employer shall pay its employees at such times that the interval between pays is of not more than sixteen days.
35(2)An employer shall, when paying an employee, include all wages earned up to and including a day that is not more than seven calendar days prior to the time fixed for payment.
35(3)An employee who is absent at the time fixed for payment or who, for any other reason, is not paid at that time, is entitled to be paid on demand any time thereafter during regular hours of work.
35(4)An employer is not required to comply with subsections (1) and (2) if the payments are otherwise made in accordance with the terms of a practice existing at the time this section comes into force or under the terms of a collective agreement or in accordance with the provisions of an order of the Director with respect thereto granted on application.
1984, c.42, s.20; 1988, c.59, s.13; 2022, c.33, s.13
Payment of wages
35(1)Subject to subsection (4), an employer shall pay his employees at such times that the interval between pays is of not more than sixteen days.
35(2)An employer shall, when paying an employee, include all wages earned up to and including a day that is not more than seven calendar days prior to the time fixed for payment.
35(3)An employee who is absent at the time fixed for payment or who, for any other reason, is not paid at that time, is entitled to be paid on demand any time thereafter during regular hours of work.
35(4)An employer is not required to comply with subsections (1) and (2) if the payments are otherwise made in accordance with the terms of a practice existing at the time this section comes into force or under the terms of a collective agreement or in accordance with the provisions of an order of the Director with respect thereto granted on application.
1984, c.42, s.20; 1988, c.59, s.13