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There are special provisions to the rules outlined in the Employment Standards Regulation for ambulance attendant employees.
An ambulance attendant employee can be either:
The standard overtime rule of hours worked in excess of 8 hours a day or 44 hours a week, whichever is greater, doesn’t apply to ambulance attendant employees.
Employees must receive overtime:
Regular rules for overtime pay rates and banked overtime apply.
The requirement to confine an employee’s hours of work within a period of 12 consecutive hours in a work day doesn’t apply to ambulance attendants in 14-hour night shifts.
A 14-hour night shift is permitted for ambulance attendants provided that:
A 14-hour night shift, scheduled within the time frames described above with sleeping accommodations, is considered to be 10 hours of work.
A 14-hour night shift is not considered 10 hours of work, where overtime pay is required, when:
Employees must receive at least 4 days of rest that’s free from on call duties in each 28-day period, unless the employee specifically agrees to be on call.
Being on call is generally not considered to be work and wages aren’t payable for on call time, although the employer and employee can agree to some form of pay.
Example: An acceptable on call arrangement that isn’t work is where an employee carries a pager during non-work hours.
An employee is considered to be working and owed wages when an employer places additional responsibilities on the employee during on call periods, such as wearing of uniforms or continuously monitoring radio calls which aren’t solely for that employee.
In addition to the special provisions outlined above, all other minimum standards for employment apply to ambulance attendant employees. Additional information on these rules can be found at:
Part 3, Division 1 of the Employment Standards Regulation outlines the provisions for ambulance attendants.
Disclaimer: In the event of any discrepancy between this information and Alberta Employment Standards legislation, the legislation is considered correct.
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