Recruiting in Canada
Federal labour standards
Part III of the Canada Labour Code talks about federal labour standards. These set out the employment conditions for hours of work, payment of wages, leaves, vacation, holidays, and more. These standards apply to employees working in federally regulated businesses.
Standard hours of work
As an employee or student intern, your standard hours of work are:
* 8 hours in a day (any period of 24 consecutive hours)
* 40 hours in a week (the period between midnight on Saturday and midnight on the Saturday that immediately follows)
You are entitled to one full day of rest each week, which usually falls on a Sunday. You are also entitled to breaks and a rest period.
During a week when one or more general holidays occur, the standard hours of work are reduced by 8 hours for each holiday.