CONTENTS
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Employment Standards Act
1. Introductory Provisions
2. Hiring Employees
3. Wages, Special Clothing, and Records
4. Hours of Work and Overtime
5. Statutory Holidays
6. Leaves and Jury Duty
7. Annual Vacation
8. Termination of Employment
9. Variances
10. Complaints, Investigations, and Determinations
11. Enforcement
12. Employment Standards Tribunal
13. Appeals
14. General Provisions
15. Transitional and Consequential Provisions
Employment Standards Regulation
1. Interpretation
2. Employment Agencies and Farm Labour Contractors
3. Employees Working in Residences
4. Minimum Wages
5. Hours of Work and Statutory Holiday Pay
6. Interest and Penalties
7. Variances and Exclusions
7.1 Conditions of Employment for Children
8. Miscellaneous
Compassionate Care Leave Regulation
Case Table
Statute Table
Index
Features
- online access to electronic version with hyperlinks to primary law
- narrative overviews of each part of the Act
- summaries of significant tribunal and court decisions, written in everyday language
- the full text of the Employment Standards Act and Employment Standards Regulation—with annotations and commentary tied to the individual sections
- Tribunal rules, statistics, and related information
Current Authors
Taryn L. Mackie — Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver
Andrew Schafer — Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver
About the Authors
Taryn Mackie is a member of the labour and employment law group at Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver, where she provides advice with respect to labour relations issues, wrongful dismissal cases, employment standards matters, and human rights hearings. She earned her LLB from the University of Victoria in 2005 and was called to the BC bar in 2006. Taryn also graduated from the University of Victoria’s Law Co-op program, where she worked with a provincial ministry, a non-governmental organization, and a litigation law firm.
Andrew Schafer is a member of the labour and employment law group at Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP. He received an LLB from Queen’s University in 2007 and was called to the BC bar in 2008. Andrew currently assists senior lawyers and advises clients on a variety of labour and employment law matters, including wrongful dismissal, labour relations, employment standards, and human rights issues.
Founding Authors
Gwendoline C. Allison — now at Foy Allison Law Group, West Vancouver
William E. Cascadden — now at McCarthy Tétrault, Calgary
Lucas A. Corwin — now Executive Director, Labour Strategy, BC Public Sector Employers' Council Secretariat, Victoria
About the Founding Authors
Gwendoline Allison was a member of the labour and employment law group and the commercial litigation department at Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP when she co-authored this publication. She received an LLB from the University of Glasgow in Scotland in 1989, an LLB from the University of British Columbia in 1994, and was called to the BC bar in 1995. She is currently practicing with Foy Allison Law Group in West Vancouver.
Will Cascadden was a member of the labour and employment law group and the commercial litigation department at Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP when he co-authored this publication. He received his LLB from the University of British Columbia in 1993, and is an active member of both the BC and Alberta bars. In 2001, he moved to Alberta and is presently practicing with McCarthy Tétrault in Calgary.
Lucas Corwin was practicing with Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP when he co-authored this publication. He has also practiced with the labour and employment group at Fasken Martineau & DuMoulin LLP. He received his LLB from the University of Victoria in 1996. He is presently the Executive Director, Labour Strategy at the BC Public Sector Employers’ Council Secretariat.