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Bill 5 — The Saskatchewan Employment Amendment Act, 2024

Assented to on 2025-05-13 · Sponsor: Jim Reiter

Amends The Saskatchewan Employment Act to update rules on work schedules, wages, leaves, gratuities, discriminatory action complaints and appeals.

  • Bans employers from withholding or deducting employee gratuities, except for approved pooling arrangements
  • Increases bereavement leave to 5 days per death or pregnancy loss, to be taken within 6 months
  • Extends critical illness/injury leave to up to 16 weeks and interpersonal violence leave up to 16 weeks
  • Raises the notice period for mass layoffs affecting 25 or more employees, up from 10
  • Creates a new referral and appeal process through the director of employment standards and adjudicators for discriminatory action complaints
  • Allows loss of pregnancy leave up to 20 weeks before the estimated birth date
  • Expands protections against discriminatory action to cover reporting offences, testifying in proceedings, and wage seizures

The bill on the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan website

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