Employment Law & Labour Standards

1.7 Who is not covered under the labour standards law?

The labour standards law does not cover:

students being trained in their profession;
people who run their own business;
sitters who sometimes take care of children, sick or elderly people
in their own homes;
people who are covered under federal law, such as those who work
in a bank, for the Canadian government, radio or television stations, etc.

Some people are covered under another law. However, they are still protected by the labour standards law in certain cases:

construction workers are covered under the sections on psychological harassment, family leave and forced retirement;
farm workers are covered under the sections on minimum wage, annual vacation and psychological harassment;
live-in caregivers are covered under the sections on minimum wage, the regular workweek, and psychological harassment.

NOTE:

Your employer can improve the conditions under the labour standards law. However, your employer can never give you less that what is given under the labour standards law.

For example, the minimum wage is $7.75 per hour. Your employer can pay you $10.00 per hour, but not $6.00 per hour.