Manitoba Labour & Employment Standards 2020

• $11.65 per hour (effective 01 October 2019)

• Wages for hours worked or 3 hours at regular wage, whichever is greater

Note: Employees asked/scheduled to work at least 3 hours and not required to work or required to work for less than 3 hours must be paid wages for the hours worked or regular wage for 3 hours, whichever is more.

Employees who report for work for a scheduled period that is less than 3 hours must be paid either wages for the hours worked or their regular wage rate for the scheduled hours, whichever is more.

Employees who normally work a minimum of 3 hours when scheduled to work for less than 3 hours, scheduled period is deemed to be at least 3 hours.

• Over 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week

Note: Overtime pay to be 1.5 times the regular hourly wage.

• Under $1.25M = 0%
• $1.25M – $2.5M = 4.3%
• Over $2.5M = 2.15%

Note: Employers operating in the province for less than 365 days are required to prorate the annual exemption.

• After each of the first four years of employment: 2 weeks
• After 5 years of employment: 3 weeks

• 2% for each week of vacationable earnings
• 4% for 2 weeks vacation, 6% for 3 weeks vacation

• New Year’s Day (January 1)
• Louis Riel Day (Third Monday in February)
• Good Friday
• Victoria Day
• Canada Day (July 1)
• Labour Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Remembrance Day (November 11)
  Note: This is not a Statutory holiday under the Employment Standards Code but rather under the Remembrance Day Act. Most industries are required to be closed.
• Christmas Day (December 25)

• Time + 1/2 plus regular pay; if continuous, regular pay plus alternate day with pay

Note: Where regular wages vary, the amount to be paid = 1/20 of employees’ wages for the four weeks immediately before the holiday excluding overtime. Holiday pay is to be at least same amount as the employee’s wages for regular hours of work on a regular workday in pay period which employee receives day off for holiday or, in which the holiday occurs, if the employee does not receive day off. If the employee works in a continuous operation, place of amusement, hospital, hotel or restaurant, service station, domestic service or seasonal industry, the employer may pay the employee regular wages for time worked on the statutory holiday and provide the employee a day off, with holiday pay, on another day that would normally be a work day.

• Regular pay

Note: Where regular wages vary, the amount to be paid = 1/20 of employees’ wages for the four weeks immediately before the holiday excluding overtime. Holiday pay is to be at least same amount as the employee’s wages for regular hours of work on a regular workday in pay period which employee receives day off for holiday or, in which the holiday occurs, if the employee does not receive day off. If the employee works in a continuous operation, place of amusement, hospital, hotel or restaurant, service station, domestic service or seasonal industry, the employer may pay the employee regular wages for time worked on the statutory holiday and provide the employee a day off, with holiday pay, on another day that would normally be a work day.

• Less than 1 year of employment: 1 week (see note 2)
• 1 – <3 years of employment: 2 weeks
• 3 – <5 years of employment: 4 weeks
• 5 – <10 years of employment: 6 weeks
• 10 years of employment and over: 8 weeks

Note 1: When terminating in groups of 50 or more, group termination rules may apply.

Note 2: No notice is required if a probationary period specified in a collective agreement of less than 1 year applies and has not expired or if the period worked is less than 30 days. For an individual termination, the employer is not required to give notice to the employee under other circumstances-please consult Act.

• 17 weeks after 7 months of employment

Note: Most jurisdictions require leaves to be taken within a specified period. Check with the applicable employment/labour standards office.

• 37 weeks after 7 months of employment (35 weeks if maternity leave is taken)

Note: Most jurisdictions require leaves to be taken within a specified period. Check with the applicable employment/labour standards office.

• 3 days unpaid leave after 30 days employment with the same employer

• 28 weeks / 3 days

• no minimum standard applies but 13 weeks for donating an organ

• 3 hours

• 4 hours

• Yes

Note: Leave for Reservists – Employees who are members of the Canadian Forces Reserves and deployed for active service are entitled to a job-protected unpaid leave. Eligibility requirements and period of leave varies-consult applicable employment/labour standards information.

• 37 weeks within a 52 week period

Note: If employed at least 30 days.

• 104 weeks for death, 52 weeks for disappearance

Note: If employed at least 30 days.

• 17 weeks

• 10 days / 17 weeks