British Columbia Employment Standards
As part of the National Payroll Institute’s advocacy efforts to streamline the administration of employment standards in all jurisdictions in Canada, the Institute made recommendations to simplify and streamline certain employment standards in British Columbia. These recommendations include:
Recommendations in Brief
- Exclude elect-to-work employees in the holiday eligibility requirements.
- Legally obligate employees to provide advance notice of resignation.
- Extend the period within which payment must be made within wages upon
- termination.
- Limit the amount of compassionate care leave intervals to 1 or 2.
- Allow deduction of overpayments of salary and vacation without employee’s written consent