The provincial Ministry of Labour has opened consultations on
the Employment Standards Act and will be taking email
submissions from stakeholders and the public until March 31, 2019.
The B.C Law Institute recently completed its Employment Standards
Review Project, which included a public consultation process and a
final report containing a set of recommendations. Based on this
work and the current consultation process, the Ministry intends to
make changes to the act as early as this Spring.
The Ministry's consultation paper outlines the six themes
that are the government's initial areas of focus:
- Theme 1 – Increasing protection
of child workers
- Theme 2 – Transforming the
Employment Standards Branch
