Can an employer require new hires to do workplace-related reading prior to the start of a contract?
I am starting a new job soon. My manager sent me a list of reading materials: guidelines and procedures for my new workplace and told me I should review the materials before my start date. It is a lot of reading and would require at least one full day, if not two, to get through it. I don’t think I should be required to read these materials before I’m officially “on the clock,” but I also don’t want to start this new job on the wrong foot.
It is important to note there are exceptions, such as when the training is not directed by the employer but completed on the employee’s own initiative. There are also differences across jurisdictions. For example, employees in Quebec may be entitled to compensation for mandatory and voluntary training while in Alberta, unpaid training during the hiring process is permitted in some circumstances.
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