Legal Resources

Practical guidance on dealing with a problem at work. Topics include tips for talking with your employer, tips on writing a letter to your employer, and the steps involved in making an employment standards complaint.

This fact sheet provides you with information about your privacy rights in the workplace with regard to video and audio surveillance and the things you can do if you believe that your employer has breached them.

A 12-page booklet about how the BC Human Rights Code applies in three main areas of daily life: work, housing, and access to services and facilities. It explains racial profiling, what it means to be discriminated by a landlord or a health care provider or harassed at work, and what you can do if your rights are violated.

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.

This page contains links to what you need to know if you’re preparing to work in BC, including the rights of caregivers and farm workers coming to BC. It explains the steps you need to take to work in BC temporarily, and to extend your work permit. It also includes the steps caregivers can take if they have a problem at work.

Explains that mental health issues are common, and it’s okay to reach out for help. The page has information about your legal rights, including when applying for a job, disclosing mental health issues while on the job, if you’re treated badly or fired because of mental health issues, or if you can’t work because of mental health issues.

Explains how workers’ compensation works and who can get it. It describes the benefits you might be entitled to if you suffer a temporary disability, or are permanently disabled, and the benefits for families of workers. It explains the steps you need to take to make a claim.

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.

Explains how to change your employer under the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP), and how to extend or change the conditions of your work permit. It also covers applying for permanent residency. Note: this is program is currently closed to new applicants.

These FAQ sheets answer frequently asked questions related to issues faced by people affected by weather emergencies in BC (wildfires, flooding, and landslides). They are organized into these areas of law: employment law, family law, insurance law, landlord-tenant law, and strata (condo) law.