# Transferable Skills

- Purpose of The Employment Standarads Act 2000 (ESA)
    - Sets out the **rights & responsiblities** of both employers & employers in ontario workplaces
- Employment Standards Act 2000
    - An act that provides the minimum standards for most employers working in ontario
    
- A 30 min break must be offered per 5 hours of work
- When young workers are called in to work, and they work more than 3hrs/day normally, they will get paid the 3hrs, even if they didn't do the work for 3hrs because they are called in
- Young workers are eligible for overtime if they work over 44hrs a week, which they get 1.5 their normal pay
- Young workers are entitled to be paid for public holidays
- When an employee works on a public holiday, they either get 1.5x their pay or alternative day off
- Young workers who are part-time employess **are** covered by the ESA
- The ESA covers young workers, the have the same rights as other employees in ontario workplaces under the ESA (certain jobs can be exempted)
- An employee cannot deduct the cost of a uniform or other items from an employees pay, unless agreed in written form
- An employee cannot withhold, make dudction from or require an employee to turn over their tips and other gratuties unless following a court order or there is a tip pool arrangement
- To see if getting paid correctly, keep a record of hours worked
- Young workers are only entitled to vacation pay after 12 months of employment
- Young workers working in retial are allowed to refuse to work on public holidays or sundays, unless agreed upon at time of hire, basicalyl having the option to work 
    - Depends on certain services (eg. restaurants), will be informed upon hiring
- Employers have to tell young workers in advance if they are going to end their employement
- Young workers can file through ministry of labour to get money owed by the employer
- Call the ESA for more info
- Workers that are not covered by the *Employment Standards Act*: `bank tellers`
- General hourly **minimum wage**: `$14`
    - 3 exceptions
    1. Firefighters
    2. Actors
    3. Student ($13.5)
    
- 3 Basic Rights
1. Right to refuse unsafe work.
2. Right to participate in the workplace health and safety activities through the Health and Safety Committee (HSC) or as a worker health and safety representative.
3. Right to know, or the right to be informed about, actual and potential dangers in the workplace.

## Minimum Age
|Job|Minimum Age|
|:--|:----------|
|Factory Worker|15|
|Window Cleaner|18|
|Underground Miner|18|
|Construction Worker|16|
|Logger|16|

## Jobs That Work During Holidays
1. Hotel motels, tourist resorts
2. restaurants, and tavers
3. hosipital and nursing homes
4. continuous operations
- They should be payed a `public holiday pay` + `premium pay` for each hours worked