*PRE-ORDER, APPROX 4-6 BUSINESS DAYS* B.C. Employment Standards Act Quick Reference 2025-2026 Edition by Gavin Marshall 9781038215710 [ZZ]

Paperback, Thomson Reuters

Designed to give HR practitioners and their advisors a concise summary of their obligations under the law, this Quick Reference sets out the rights and responsibilities of employees and employers in B.C. workplaces. It covers issues such as minimum wage, overtime, hours of work, vacations, statutory holidays, various leaves of absence, payroll records, temporary layoffs, and termination of employment. The guide also includes a discussion of the definition of an employee, the relationship between the common law and the ESA, the applicability of the ESA to unionized employees, various classes of individuals exempted from certain parts of the legislation, and complaint, investigation, enforcement, and determination procedures. The book details recent changes to the Act by topical heading and explains the new and revised compliance requirements. In addition to an overview of the B.C. Employment Standards Act (ESA) and a discussion of the historical background of the legislation; it also includes the full text of the Act and its regulations.

New in this edition

• Updates to the Employment Standards Act and Employment Standards Regulation in relation to certain online platform workers.

• Annual adjustment of the minimum wage in alignment with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The current general minimum wage in British Columbia is now 17.85 per hour as of June 1, 2025.

• Changes to provisions relating to investigations undertaken by the Director of Employment Standards.

• Updates to appeal periods before the Employment Standards Appeal Tribunal.

• Numerous definitions added to the Employment Standards Regulation.

• The addition of a new statutory holiday, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

• Updates to the minimum wage and the minimum daily wage.

• Revised provisions relating to child entertainers.

• Amendments introducing gender-neutral language.

• Pending legislative changes that will prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide sick notes for short-term health-related absences.

• Inclusion of the Pay Transparency Act and Pay Transparency Regulation in the text.

• Inclusion of the Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act in the text.