Legal Resources

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.

An alphabetical list of fact sheets about workers’ compensation. The fact sheets cover a range of topics from chronic pain to wage-loss benefits. A few are available in Chinese (traditional and simplified), Punjabi, and Spanish.

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.

This manual defines how the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) operates according to legislation. It includes rules of practice and procedure, practice directives, and guidelines to make sure that appeals are handled in a just, timely, efficient, and effective way.

A page with all the WCAT forms — both online forms and PDFs you can print out — when you're appealing WorkSafeBC decisions.

It explains how to start and prepare an appeal, respond to an appeal, find out an appeal’s status, and what happens after an appeal.

Explains what wage loss benefits are, duration, how to get paid, responsibilities and what to do if you disagree with a decision.

You may be eligible to receive a payment under this program if your employer has filed for bankruptcy or is subject to receivership, and you’re owed wages, vacation pay, termination pay, or severance pay.

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.