athletes while engaged in activities related to their athletic endeavourĮmployees are entitled to an unbroken half hour break, so the employee is never working more than 5 consecutive hours without a break.employees employed in offshore oil and gas work while under the jurisdiction of the Canada – Nova Scotia offshore Petroleum Board.employees who do domestic service for or gives personal care in a private home and are working for the householder for 24 hours or less per week.employees who do domestic service for or give personal care to an immediate family member in a private home and are working for the householder.practitioners or students in training for architecture, dentistry, law, medicine, chiropody, professional engineering, public or chartered accounting, psychology, surveying, or veterinary science.commissioned salespeople who work outside the employer’s place of business. The day of rest rules do not apply to the following employees: For more detail on the rules around variances, please see our variances page or find the application form under the See Also section below. In limited circumstances, employers may apply to the Director of Labour Standards for a temporary exemption from the period of rest rule. It is important to note that the employer still has to follow break and overtime rules. In these emergency circumstances, the employer can require only as much work as is needed to avoid serious interference with the ordinary operation of the workplace. The Labour Standards Code states that under normal circumstances employers must grant employees a rest period of at least 24 consecutive hours in every 7 days.Īn employer can require more than six days of work in a row if, for example, there has been an accident or if urgent work must be done to machinery or a plant.
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