Employment Agreement (Part-Time) (Alberta) by OLL
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT [PART-TIME]
This template is for the direct, part-time employment of an individual in Alberta — a role with scheduled hours below the Employer's standard full-time week. It is employer-side: drafted to be offered by the Employer. This is not the full-time template with a number changed: scheduling, minimum-hours guarantees, pro-rated entitlements and benefits-eligibility thresholds are substantively different. Not suitable for an independent contractor engagement (use independent-contractor-services), a fixed-term role (use employment-fixed-term), or a full-time indefinite role (use employment-full-time-indefinite). Not suitable for use in Quebec.
Drafting notes appear in italics and are to be deleted before execution. Square brackets mark information to be filled in. Delete any inapplicable optional clauses and renumber before execution.
Do NOT reuse the Ontario version of this template's termination reasoning. Section 13 is drafted against the Alberta Employment Standards Code, R.S.A. 2000, c. E-9 (the "Code") directly.
⚠️ Reducing a part-time employee's hours can be a termination. A significant, unilateral reduction in a part-time employee's scheduled hours — or a significant change to their schedule — can amount to a constructive dismissal at common law, entitling the employee to the same notice, pay in lieu, or damages as an outright termination. This risk is elevated for part-time arrangements because a proportionally large cut to a smaller base of hours is more likely to be found significant. Section 3 reserves scheduling flexibility within a defined range for this reason — do not use it to make cuts larger than the range without treating that as a termination event and following section 13.
⚠️ Termination-clause enforceability is uncertain and moving. Section 13 tracks the current statutory floor under the Code rather than hard-coding notice figures. How strictly an Alberta court will construe an ambiguous or partially deficient termination clause against the Employer, and whether Ontario's "one bad provision voids the whole scheme" approach applies in Alberta, are not resolved here. Have section 13 checked against the current leading Alberta authority before each significant use.
⚠️ Existing employees need fresh consideration. If this Agreement, or a reduction in an existing employee's hours, is being introduced to someone who is already employed, Canadian courts generally require the Employer to give the employee something of genuine value in exchange. Take advice before rolling this out to existing staff.
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of [Date].
BETWEEN:
[Employer Legal Name], [a corporation incorporated under the laws of [Province / Canada] / a sole proprietorship / a partnership] having its principal place of business at [Employer Address]
(the "Employer")
— and —
[Employee Legal Name] of [Employee Address]
(the "Employee")
(each a "Party" and together the "Parties")
WHEREAS the Employer wishes to employ the Employee on a part-time, indefinite basis, and the Employee has agreed to accept that employment on the terms set out below;
NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual covenants below, the Parties agree as follows:
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