Pay Period

Employers are required to calculate and pay wages for a pay period of no more than one month unless a longer period is approved by an Employment Standards Officer.

Wages earned in a pay period must be paid within ten days after the end of the pay period, and if employment is terminated, the employee must be paid all wages earned within ten days of the termination.

• If an employee is unable to receive their wages during normal working hours, they may request payment at a different time.

Salaried employees who are terminated must be paid the corresponding hourly equivalent of their salary for every hour of work for which they were employed but not remunerated.

An employer shall calculate an employee's wages for a pay period not exceeding one month unless a longer payment period is approved by the Employment Standards Officer

• An employer shall, within 10 days after the pay period, pay to the employee all wages earned by the employee in that period

• If an employee is terminated, the employer shall, within 10 days after the termination, pay to the employee all wages earned by the employee

• An employee who is absent or unable to receive the wages is entitled, on request, to receive payment of his or her wages during normal working hours

• Where an employee is employed on a salaried basis and his or her employment is terminated, the employee shall be paid the corresponding hourly equivalent of his or her salary for every hour of work for which he or she was employed but not remunerated.

Wages paid

All wages must be paid in Canadian currency, either in:

• cash,

• by cheque or bill of exchange, or

• by direct deposit to an employee-designated financial institution account.

NWT ESA s.13-18