An employee under the Act is a person who is employed by an employer to do any work for hire or reward under an employment agreement.

This means that people who work as independent contractors are not treated as employees under the Act (but they still have obligations under the Act, and obligations are owed to them).  They must keep themselves and others safe too.

The Act treats some people who do not fit this definition as if they were an employer's employees for most purposes in the Act.  These are:

• people working as volunteers, in certain situations
• people who are getting on-the-job training or getting work experience
• people who are loaned by their employer to do work for someone else

Go To

• Volunteers
• Those on work experience and those getting on the job training
• Loaned employees
• Fact sheet: Mobile workers pdf file [size: 28KB]
• Fact sheet: Volunteers pdf file [size: 36KB]
• Fact sheet: Principals pdf file [size: 30KB]
• Fact sheet: Contractors pdf file [size: 28KB]
• Fact sheet: Self-Employed people pdf file [size: 31KB]