British Columbia Employment Standards Act : quick reference 2020

Marshall, Gavin, (author.). Copeland, Ryan, (author.). Mahony, Catherine, (editor). British Columbia. Employment Standards Act Regulations. (Added Author). Carswell (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: Designed to give human resources practitioners and their advisors a concise summary of employers’ obligations under the law, this Quick Reference sets out the rights and responsibilities of employees and employers in British Columbia workplaces. It covers issues such as minimum wage, overtime, hours of work, vacations, statutory holidays, various leaves of absence, payroll records, temporary layoffs, and termination of employment. The guide also includes a discussion of the definition of an employee (and the differences between employees and independent contractors), the relationship between the common law and the ESA, the applicability of the ESA to unionized employees, various classes of individuals exempted from certain parts of the legislation, and complaint, investigation, enforcement, and determination procedures.-- Publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780779885312
ISSN: 1719-301X
Physical Description: print
xxiii, 290 pages ; 22 cm.
Edition: 2020 Edition
Publisher: Toronto : Carswell/Thomson Reuters, [2020].
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Overview of the British Columbia Employment Standards Act -- Employment Standards Act. Introductory provisions ; Hiring employees ; Wages, special clothing and records ; Hours of work and overtime ; Statutory holidays ; Leaves and jury duty ; Annual vacation ; Termination of employment ; Variances ; Complaints, investigations and determinations ; Enforcement ; Employee Standards Tribunal ; Appeals ; General provisions ; Transitional and consequential provisions -- 396.95 Employment Standards Regulation. Interpretation ; Employment agencies and farm labour contractors ; Employees working in residences ; Minimum wages ; Hours of work and statutory holiday pay ; Interest and penalties ; Variances and exclusions ; Conditions of employment for children ; Miscellaneous -- 281/2006 Compassionate Care Leave regulation -- 254/2016 Reservists Leave regulation.