Final answer:
Employment Standards Legislation does not cover maximum wages; areas it does cover include setting a minimum wage and maximum hours, and provisions for child labor, health and safety, discrimination, family leave, and notice of layoffs.
Step-by-step explanation:
Employment Standards Legislation covers a variety of areas related to the rights and obligations of employers and employees. Among the areas such legislation typically address are: setting minimum hourly wages, setting maximum hours of work (at least before overtime pay is required), prohibiting child labor, regulating health and safety conditions in the workplace, preventing discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and age, requiring family leave, and giving advance notice of layoffs.
One area that is distinctly not covered by such legislation is the maximum wage. Therefore, the correct answer to the question "Employment Standards Legislation covers all of the following areas, EXCEPT:" is a. maximum wage.