The Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety encourages healthy, safe, and productive workplaces by setting, promoting, and enforcing employment standards legislation. We work with businesses, labour groups, workers, and other stakeholders to foster a positive labour environment.
The Employment Standards Branch is looking for a confident, client-focused and conscientious individual for the position of Employment Standards Officer in our Yorkton location. Reporting to the Manager of the Compliance and Investigations North unit, you will be provided with comprehensive training, mentorship, and guidance to be successful in this position.
The ideal candidate of choice will:
- Be able to deal with a high volume of work within timelines, often in conflict situations, using excellent communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Have demonstrated ability to collect, analyze and verify facts, comprehend the context and dynamics of employment relationships, develop options and solutions; and make binding decisions.
- Be able to perform detailed and time-sensitive work with demonstrated knowledge of Investigation and enforcement mechanisms and processes, case management principles, corporate and common law, the judicial system, and contract law.
- Have knowledge of accounting principles as well as computer skills, especially in Microsoft Excel, etc.
- Office and administration skills such as data entry, and the ability to accurately and clearly compose, edit, and format a variety of documents such as decision and closure letters; experience with other office equipment (e.g., printer, fax, etc.).
- Be client-focused, flexible, and adaptable, thorough, conscientious, and attentive to detail to ensure quality work.
- Be confident, organized and be a self-starter to meet a high volume of case work in a time-sensitive environment.
- Be reliable, professional, respectful, and supportive as a contributing member of a team to achieve common goals.
Employment Standards Officers:
- Promote, interpret, apply, and enforce employment standards legislation contained within The Saskatchewan Employment Act and Regulations.
- Prepare and present employment standards cases relating to the application of Part II of The Saskatchewan Employment Act in quasi-judicial hearings before an independent adjudicator.
- Investigate employment disputes to determine if labour legislation has been contravened and enforces legislation.
- Conduct and analyze research on legal jurisprudence, review, interpret, and apply various legislations, and interview parties involved in relation to specific cases.
- Monitor cases to ensure employers have complied with enforcement action taken.
- Promote labour legislation through speaking engagements and workshops and provide advice and explanations to clients and the public regarding labour requirements and the employment relationship.
- Recommend changes to legislation and branch policy based on case experience.
Typically, the knowledge, skills, and competencies required for this position would be obtained through the completion of a university degree, such as but not limited to business administration or accounting, supplemented by several years' experience in a regulatory role involving comprehensive investigations, and managing a high-volume caseload in a time-sensitive client-based environment.
Limited travel time, 5% or less and work with flexible hours, with an occasional overnight stay and a valid class 5 Saskatchewan driver's license is required.
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