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ARTICLE · 03 AUGUST 2018

Employment Standards Act Under Review

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For the first time in over two decades, an independent review of the Employment Standards Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 113 (the "Act"), is underway.

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Nicole Skuggedal
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For the first time in over two decades, an independent review of the Employment Standards Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 113 (the "Act"), is underway. The review is being conducted by the British Columbia Law Institute's Employment Standards Act Reform Project (the "Project"). The Ministry of Labour is a participant observer in the Project. Given the ministry's involvement, it is safe to assume that some of the Project's final recommendations may find their way into a legislative amendment before the next election.1

The Project is divided into three phases:

  1. a research and deliberation phase;
  2. a consultation phase; and,
  3. a drafting phase.

At the end of the first phase, the Project released the Consultation Paper on the Employment Standards Act (the "Consultation Paper"). The Consultation Paper contains a number of recommendations for changes to the Act.

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