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The Alberta Reference was explicitly overturned in Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v Saskatchewan, with a majority of the SCC recognizing a constitutionally-protected right to strike under section 2(d) of the Charter. The majority decision in that case specifically referred to Chief Justice Dickson's dissenting reasons in the Alberta ...
That same season, employees of the Alberta Liquor Control Board went on strike for 10 days, winning substantial wage increases. This unrest culminated on October 1, 1974, when 12,500 direct government employees walked off the job for two days because the government had arbitrarily imposed a pay increase six days before bargaining was due to ...
The Alberta Teachers' Alliance was established during the First World War. Faced with constant opposition from government and employees, teachers had no basic contractual rights, no guarantee of a minimum wage and no mechanism for appealing dismissals. In addition, they were generally treated poorly in the communities they served.
Employees are entitled to a minimum of 20 paid days off per year, with part time employees earning a pro-rated portion. [187] 20 20 Trinidad and Tobago: All workers in general are entitled to 14 consecutive days holiday with pay at the expiration of each complete year. [11] Employees are also entitled to 14 paid public holidays. [188] [189] 10 ...
The corporation manages assets for various pension plans, including the Local Authorities Pension Plan (LAPP), its largest client. In 2019, the United Conservative Party government added the Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund to AIMCo's management portfolio, making it the investment manager for all public sector pensions in Alberta. [5]
Alberta's minimum wage was raised incrementally from $10.20 an hour in 2015 to $15.00 an hour in 2018. [62] Notley's government revised labour regulations with the implementation of the 'Fair and Family-friendly Act' (Bill 17), which came into effect in 2018. The revisions were the first overhaul of Alberta's labour laws in three decades. [63]
PSAC strikers outside a CRA office in Surrey, British Columbia. On April 7, the CRA bargaining group voted to enter a legal strike position. [21] On April 12, the national president of PSAC, Chris Aylward, announced that the Treasury Board bargaining unit had voted overwhelmingly in favour of entering into a legal strike position, thus granting the group a 60-day window to initiate a labour ...
The Government of Alberta (French: gouvernement de l'Alberta) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Alberta.In modern Canadian use, the term Government of Alberta refers specifically to the executive—political ministers of the Crown (the Cabinet/Executive Council) who are appointed on the advice of the premier.