Alberta Employment Standards

Alberta has a wide variety of employment standards with exceptions pertinent to non-profits that deal with recreational and athletic programs specifically.

Workers Help provides a summary of each Province's basic Employee Standard Codes in an easy to understand format. A summary is included below.

• A Pay Period must be no longer than one work month


• Wages must be paid within 10 consecutive days from the end of the pay period


• Minimum wage is $8.80 (an increase has been passed and will be implemented shortly).


• An employee may not deduct wages for faulty workmanship, cash shortages, earnings off-set, but can by court-order, through a collective bargaining agreement, or via written instruction by the employee.

Relevant Alberta Legislation:

• Alberta Employment Standards Code


• Alberta Employment Standards Regulation