Legal Resources

This links to a publication that explains your rights and responsibilities as a worker. Topics include what to expect once you’re hired, and what happens if you’re fired or you leave your job. It also includes guidance on how to deal with a problem at work.

Some sectors, industries, or types of workers in BC are subject to specific regulations that only apply to them. Includes information about agriculture, aquaculture, commission sales, domestics, employment agencies, the high-technology sector, loggers, the oil and gas sector, resident caretakers, etc.

Explains the rules employers must follow in paying farm workers, including who is considered a farm worker under the law. Topics include minimum wage, stat holiday pay, vacation pay, working for a farm labour contractor, and more.

Explains employers’ responsibilities in ensuring the EI program is administered fairly and efficiently. The information includes preparing records of employment, deducting and remitting EI premiums, and the EI premium reduction program, as well as supplementing EI benefits. The page also links to help if you need to reduce your workforce.

Information about how wages must be paid under BC law. Includes minimum wage, minimum daily pay, deductions, keeping records, overtime pay, tips and gratuities, and uniforms and special clothing.

If Service Canada made a decision about your employment insurance and you don’t agree with it, you can ask them to reconsider, and then appeal to the Social Security Tribunal (SST) if Service Canada does not change their decision. This page explains how to do this, including the levels of appeal and the various deadlines.

This page covers EI benefits and leave information. It links to how to apply, to submit a report, to view claims, and also links to the EI forms. Other benefits include regular, caregiving, fishing, sickness, maternity and parental, benefits for the self-employed, and benefits for Canadians living abroad.

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

With Employability Assessments, WorkSafeBC evaluates a worker’s ability to work post-injury, with an estimate of what they can earn in a suitable occupation. Learn what to do if you disagree with the finding.

Information on the three types of caregiving benefits for family members who are critically ill, critically injured, or in need of end-of-life care. These are family caregiver benefit for children, family caregiver benefit for adults, and compassionate care benefits. It explains who is eligible to apply, how to apply, how much you could receive...