Tracking or recording employees' toilet breaks without their consent could be considered a breach of privacy. Employers must also ensure that monitoring practices do not discriminate against employees with specific needs, such as those with disabilities, chronic health conditions, or pregnant employees.
Basic rules For shifts 10 hours or longer, an employee is entitled to two 30-minute breaks. An employee is not entitled to any breaks if their shift is 5 hours or less. If an employer and an employee agree, the break may be taken in 2 periods of at least 15 minutes.
If further information is required, the Alberta Labour Relations Board can be contacted at 1-800-463-2572 or on their website. Monday to Friday, from a.m. – p.m. Or you can contact them by visiting their website.
Basic Entitlements In an 8-hour shift, the ESA requires that an employee be given a 30-minute meal break. This break must be provided within the first 5 consecutive hours of work. If you work an 8-hour shift, this means you are entitled to one uninterrupted 30-minute meal break.
In Alberta, the obligation to provide common law severance arises when an employer terminates an employee without cause, and the employee's entitlement to notice is not fixed by their contract or limited to the statutory minimums set by the Employment Standards Code.
Employees who do not work the same days every week Regular days are determined by looking at whether an employee worked at least 5 times on that day in the previous 9 weeks. This rule is sometimes called 'The 5 of 9 rule'.
This means that upon separation, common law couples now have the same property rights and obligations as married couples in Alberta, including the division of assets and debts acquired during the relationship.