With only two weeks until the application deadline, employees and employers who need to extend temporary layoffs beyond the Aug. 30, expiry date are entering…
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Applying for temporary layoff extensions reminder
Workers and employers who need to extend temporary layoffs beyond the Aug. 30, expiry date are reminded to apply for a variance using the Employment…
Review of recall rights in B.C.’s hotel sector
The B.C. Ministry of Labour today announced there will be a review of layoff and recall rights of workers in British Columbia’s hotel sector as…
Campaign urges drivers to slow down in cone zones
In the last decade, 13 roadside workers were killed and 204 injured The annual Cone Zone campaign kicks off in July to improve the safety…
Layoff provisions for workers, employers extended
Following conversations with business and worker representatives, the Province of British Columbia announced June 25 it is extending the temporary layoffs provisions to a maximum…
B.C. ups supports for workers during pandemic
The provincial government announced March 23 it has made two changes to the Employment Standards Act to better support workers both during the COVID-19 public…
Great progress for workers’ rights and protections
Letter to the Editor This is an exciting time for British Columbians. Every day, our government focuses on improving the lives of the people of…
Share your views on workers’ compensation in B.C.
A public engagement on British Columbia’s workers’ compensation system and how to shift the system to become more worker-centred, as well as how to increase…
Amendments to Mental Disorder Presumption Regulation
Emergency dispatchers, nurses and publicly funded health-care assistants will have easier access to workers’ compensation for mental-health disorders that come from work-related trauma with regulatory…
Great news for firefighters: BCPFFA
Proposed legislative amendments announced April 11 will allow wildfire fighters, fire investigators and firefighters working for First Nations and other Indigenous organizations in British Columbia…