Managing Workplace Liability Risk (Webinar)

B.C.'s new pay legislation and recent workplace trends, including mass layoffs and workforce reorganizations, are creating potential risks that employers are best to proactively address, a theme that emerged during the September Employment and Labour Insights webinar. The presenters included partners Sven Poysa and Kelly O'Ferrall and associates Abigail Omale and Briana MacEachern.

With the new B.C. pay legislation, employers can no longer ask job applicants about their pay history or previous pay rate, whether directly or through a third party. As of November 1, 2023 employers will be required to include the expected pay or pay range for a specific job posted publicly. While no penalties for non-compliance have been assigned, they may be in the future, and employers are best to update their policies, including pay policy, recruiting policy and employee handbook, and educate front-line managers and other company leaders on the legislation.