employment standards
Loopholes Tagged "employment standards"
Plain-English guides to Canadian legal rights and workarounds related to employment standards.
Employment Standards Wage Complaint — Recover Unpaid Wages for Free
Every province has a free employment standards complaint process to recover unpaid wages, overtime, vacation pay, and termination pay — no lawyer required.
Termination Pay & Severance Rights
Most Canadian employees receive only the statutory minimum when terminated — but common law 'reasonable notice' can be worth two to ten times more, and employers regularly count on employees not knowing the difference or being too intimidated to ask.
Worker Misclassification: Reclaiming CPP & EI as a Contractor
If CRA determines you were misclassified as an independent contractor when you were actually an employee, you can recover the employer's share of CPP contributions and EI premiums — and gain access to EI benefits, vacation pay, and employment standards protections.