Category: Workplace Law
The ability to temporarily lay off an employee is not generally top of mind when an employer is hiring a new employee. Consequently, temporary layoff clauses are often overlooked or
The British Columbia government introduced Bill 13, the Pay Transparency Act.
The British Columbia government recently proposed legislation to create a new annual provincial statutory holiday on September 30th named the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Currently in British Columbia there is a two-step process to certify a bargaining unit. A union must first get 45% of workers at a job site to sign membership cards,
Today is Pink Shirt Day which represents an anti-bullying campaign. Bullying and harassment in the workplace exists on a spectrum and is a moral and legal issue.
British Columbia employees are entitled to five paid days and three unpaid days of sick leave as of January 1, 2022.