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The Canada Labour Code (French: Code canadien du travail) is an Act of the Parliament of Canada to consolidate certain statutes respecting labour.The objective of the Code is to facilitate production by controlling strikes & lockouts, occupational safety and health, and some employment standards.
Canada's varied labour laws are a result of its geography, historical, and cultural variety. This expressed in law through the treaty-/land-based rights of individual indigenous nations, the distinct French-derived law system of Quebec, and the differing labour codes of each of the provinces and territories.
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the "WARN Act") is a U.S. labor law that protects employees, their families, and communities by requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of planned closings and mass layoffs of employees. [1]
A push to eliminate Missouri’s requirement for children under 16 to obtain official work permits before they can begin a job could be debated by the House this week.
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OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada on Tuesday moved to end labor disputes at the country's two biggest ports, Vancouver and Montreal, citing economic damage and the potential for driving away trading partners.
Assuming a 40-hour workweek and 52 paid weeks per year, the annual gross employment income of an individual earning the minimum wage in Canada is between C$31,200 (in Alberta and Saskatchewan) and C$39,520 (in Nunavut). [4] The following table lists the hourly minimum wages for adult workers in each province and territory of Canada.
Weekly Rest In Industrial Undertakings Act, Minimum Wages Act, Limitation of Hours of Work Act: Reference re legislative jurisdiction of Parliament of Canada to enact the Minimum Wages Act (1935, c. 44) (1936) S.C.R. 461 (June 17, 1936) Attorney General of Canada v Attorney General of Ontario and others (1937) UKPC 6 (28 January 1937) Invalid