Alberta Employment Standards Code changes effective January 1, 2018

[Ugly Kid Joe]

Pretty sure this is not the right thread for this...but anyway...I heard around the shop about someone (superintendent) getting "uplift" on top of their LOA. Basically they get paid normal LOA at the agreed rates and get paid uplift on top of that.

I guess uplift is supposed to be a standard add-on to LOA within the construction industry to compensate the guy for working away from their geographic home. Is this a thing? I thought that's what LOA was. Is it an oil patch thing that is moving into general construction?

[Torture]

Originally Posted by Ugly Kid Joe

Pretty sure this is not the right thread for this...but anyway...I heard around the shop about someone (superintendent) getting "uplift" on top of their LOA. Basically they get paid normal LOA at the agreed rates and get paid uplift on top of that.

I guess uplift is supposed to be a standard add-on to LOA within the construction industry to compensate the guy for working away from their geographic home. Is this a thing? I thought that's what LOA was. Is it an oil patch thing that is moving into general construction?

Sounds like a specific employer or collective agreement thing rather than an employment standards thing. Don't think anybody on CP can answer this question for you..

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Ugly Kid Joe

Pretty sure this is not the right thread for this...but anyway...I heard around the shop about someone (superintendent) getting "uplift" on top of their LOA. Basically they get paid normal LOA at the agreed rates and get paid uplift on top of that.

I guess uplift is supposed to be a standard add-on to LOA within the construction industry to compensate the guy for working away from their geographic home. Is this a thing? I thought that's what LOA was. Is it an oil patch thing that is moving into general construction?

Are you talking about a leave of absence or parental/maternity leave? Some employers do top up their employees’ pay when they go on parental leave, but they’re not required to do so.

As Torture said, any top up pay wouldn’t be covered under employment standards.