Overview
Federally regulated employees account for only 6% of Canada’s workforce. Rather than provincial legislation, their employment is governed by federal laws such as the Canada Labour Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act.
You may be a federally regulated employee if you work in certain industries, including:
Air transportation
Railway transportation
Interprovincial trucking and bussing
Interprovincial shipping, ports, and ferries
Banking
Radio, television, internet, and telecommunication services and broadcasting
The federal public service and Crown corporations
Grain elevators and certain farming operations
First Nation band councils
Businesses essential and integrated into the above industries.
If you are unsure whether you are provincially or federally regulated, you can contact the Nova Scotia Labour Standards Division, or Employment and Social Development Canada. These are the bodies that deal with labour standards for the provincial and the federal governments, respectively, and can assess whether your employment falls under their scope.