Legal Question in Business Law in Canada
Server's Schedules
Are restaurant managers/supervisors allowed to schedual thier employees for shifts with no end times?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Server's Schedules
Your question relates to minimum and maximum hours of work according to the provisions of the Employment Standards Act in BC. See below:
Minimum daily hours:
34 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), if as required by an employer an employee reports for work on any day, the employer must pay the employee for a minimum of 2 hours at the regular wage whether or not the employee starts work ...
(2) Whether or not the employee starts work, the employer under subsection (1) must pay the employee for a minimum of 4 hours at the employee's regular wage if the employer had previously scheduled the employee to work for more than 8 hours that day ...
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Maximum hours of work before overtime applies:
35 (1) An employer must pay an employee overtime wages in accordance with section 40 if the employer requires, or directly or indirectly allows, the employee to work more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week.
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