Candidate FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Q.	What kind of qualifications do your employees need to work for Dedicated Staffing Services?

A.	Our qualifications are based on the job where the employee will be placed as most qualification standards are set by our clients.

Q.	If I get hired by Dedicated Staffing Services, will I get paid by them or the client I get placed with?

A.	If you are hired under a temporary placement option, you will be paid by Dedicated Staffing Services. If you are hired under a temp to perm placement option, you will be paid by Dedicated Staffing Services for 3 months and then be hired on by the client. If you are hired under a direct placement option, you will be qualified by Dedicated Staffing Services but you will then be paid directly by the client.

Q.	If I take a job with Dedicated Staffing Services, how do I get paid?

A.	Dedicated Staffing Services runs a weekly payroll with payday being on the Friday following the week you work. Your pay will either be delivered to the client where you are working or you may pick it up at our office. We also offer our employees the option of having their pay directly deposited into their account.

Q.	How soon can you put me to work?

A.	It generally takes a couple of days to qualify an employee with Dedicated Staffing Services, however we will do everything possible to ensure our employees are placed at a client as soon as a placement becomes available in their field.

Q.	How have the changes to the Employment Standards Act, affected Statutory Holiday pay eligibility for Dedicated Staffing Employees (candidates)?

A.	On November 23, 2000, the Ontario Provincial Government introduced Bill 147, the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the "new Act"), which was proclaimed into law effective September 4th 2001. Part X Employment Standards Act: Public holiday pay a. 24. (1) An employee's public holiday pay for a given public holiday shall be equal to, (a) the total amount of regular wages and vacation pay payable to the employee in the four work weeks before the work week in which the public holiday occurred, divided by 20; or (b) if some other manner of calculation is prescribed, the amount determined using that manner of calculation. 2000, b. Exemptions and Special Rules? Ontario Regulation 285/01 Special Rules re: Employees Who May Elect to Work or Not Section. 9 (k) of the regulations to the Act states that Part X of the Act does not apply: "to a person who is employed under an arrangement whereby he or she may elect to work or not when requested to do so." c. There is no entitlement to a paid public holiday where an employee has an arrangement where he or she may elect to work or not when requested to do so. All employees working through a temporary service are classified as "elect to work" employees.