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Question

Search the Government of Manitoba's Employment Standards Act website fact sheets to answer the questions related to the scenario below. You should provide a clear explanation of between 50 and 100 words

Arnold has been out of high school for a couple of years and is working full-time at a gas station in Falcon Lake, Manitoba. He has worked there for just over a year. He pumps gas and operates the cash register. As is often the case in businesses, a lack of a shared, common understanding of the Employment Standards Act leads to errors and misunderstandings.

Arnold's grandmother is very ill with the flu and needs someone to care for her. Can Arnold take two unpaid days off from his job to take care of his grandmother? Which provision of the Employment Standards Act would you suggest best applies to this situation?

Arnold has worked in his full-time job for a year. He wants to take three weeks of vacation. His manager, Marnie, says he can only have two weeks off, and that he won't receive a paycheque for that period because he received an extra 2 percent for vacation pay during each pay period so far. Is the manager correct?

Arnold shows up for his shift on Monday evening and works an hour. It's very slow, so Marnie decides to close early. She sends Arnold home after two hours and says that he'll be paid only for the time he worked. Is this correct?

Arnold is scheduled to work on Saturday evening. On Friday, he gets asked out on a date for Saturday. He calls his co-worker, Susan, and Susan agrees to take Arnold's Saturday shift. When Susan shows up for work, Marnie is upset. She meets with Arnold on Monday and reprimands him for switching shifts. Who was right?

Arnold worked from 9 am to 12:45 pm without a break. He found it tiring and he was starving by the end of his shift. He complained to Marnie, but she said she was just following company policy. Is the policy legal?

It is winter, there are few tourists around, and the gas station is very slow. Marnie tells Arnold she's going to have to cut his hourly pay to $11.50 because she can't afford to pay him more. Arnold reluctantly agrees because he needs the money and he's afraid of losing his job. Is this a legal arrangement?

Marnie decides to issue uniforms to all of her employees. The logo of the gas station is printed on the shirt. She tells Arnold that he has to wear it and that she'll be deducting $62 from his next paycheque to cover the cost of the uniform. Arnold is upset. Can Marnie do this?

Marnie schedules Arnold to work on Boxing Day (December 26). He's disappointed because he'll have to miss a family gathering, but he's excited about getting paid extra for working on that day. When he gets his pay stub for that period, he sees that he was paid only his regular wages for Boxing Day. Did Marnie make a mistake?

Arnold decides he has had enough of working at the gas station. He looks into a business program at Red River College and realizes it starts in just ten days. He gives Marnie a week's notice that he's quitting his job. On the next payday, Arnold sees that Marnie has not paid him for his last three days of work. She included a note saying that he hadn't given the required two weeks of notice, so she deducted some of his pay. Is this legal?

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