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Practical information on your legal rights and options when it comes to getting paid in British Columbia. Topics include earning the minimum wage, hours of work and overtime, working statutory holidays, and what you can do if your employer hasn’t paid you.
Explains your rights if you’re laid off from work. Topics cover termination, temporary layoffs, and reduction in hours. It gives you the steps you can take if you’re laid off, and provides links to more help.
Explains farm workers’ rights under BC’s main employment law. Topics include who is considered a farm worker under the law, and what happens if an employer doesn’t follow the minimum standards. It explains what benefits you're eligible for, and more.
Explains the rules employers must follow in paying farm workers, including who is considered a farm worker under the law. Topics include minimum wage, stat holiday pay, vacation pay, working for a farm labour contractor, and more.
Practical information on your work status. Learn if you’re protected under BC’s employment standards law, how old you have to be to work in BC, what to watch out for in your employment contract, and common alternative work arrangements.
Explains the balance between an employer’s need to know what’s going on in their workplace and a worker’s right not to be snooped on. Information on this page includes what privacy law applies to your employer, and explains your privacy rights during the hiring process, including the fact that your employer must have a privacy policy, and more.
This booklet contains information on bullying and harassment in the workplace. It includes what workers, employers, and supervisors need to know and do, and where you can get help or more information.
This information sheet explains the rights of employees in BC. Includes minimum wage, tips, minimum daily pay, meal breaks, pay days and payroll records, overtime, averaging agreements, uniforms and special clothing, deductions, statutory holidays, annual vacation, and compensation when employment ends.
Explains the main law in BC setting out the rights of workers: the Employment Standards Act. Most (but not all) workers in the province are protected under this law. Learn if you’re covered. Topics include exceptions, if you’re a union member, and if you’re not covered by employment standards legislation.
A guide to help employers meet their regulatory requirements for training and orienting new and young workers, with resource lists for each required orientation topic.
