Legal Resources

This brochure tells you about advance care planning from the Aboriginal perspective and why it's important.

Explains you may be eligible for permanent disability benefits if you had a work-related injury or illness that permanently impacted you or your ability to work. Topics include what to expect when you’re referred to Long Term Disability Services, and how the benefits are calculated.

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

Explains the rights and responsibilities that workers have to protect their health and safety in the workplace, and explains that employers have the responsibility to ensure a safe workplace. WorkSafeBC can get involved if workers and employers can’t agree on health and safety concerns.

Explains the wage rate WorkSafeBC must set if a work-related injury or disease disables you from working for more than ten weeks. It explains how this long term wage rate is set, what counts as earnings, and what happens if you were at your job for less than 12 months. It also covers what to do if you disagree with WorkSafeBC’s long term wage rate.

This page explains how to apply for workers’ compensation including how much time you have to apply, what happens if you apply after more than a year, and what special circumstances WorkSafeBC considers. It covers when your benefits will start, what happens if there’s new medical evidence, and what happens if your claim is rejected.

How to submit a complaint to resolve a problem at work — for example, requesting payment for wages that you’re owed. Includes filing a complaint, investigation, mediation, hearing, decision, and appealing a decision.

Complete information about BC employment standards — about payment, compensation, and working conditions. Includes a search bar.

Strata owners can use this resource to learn more about their legal roles and responsibilities.

Learn about how strata disputes can be resolved: within the strata corporation, through arbitration, or by going to court. Also discusses the Civil Resolution Tribunal, the first-ever online tribunal for strata disputes in Canada.