On November 12, 2025, the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia announced the amendment of the province’s Employment Standards Act Regulation ...

David Fairey, co-chair of the BC Employment Standards Coalition, has been fighting for reform, including at this January protest. Photo by Zak Vescera. The B.C. agency tasked with protecting workers’ ...

Pamela Charron, executive director of the Worker Solidarity Network, said the current system isn’t meeting workers’ needs. Photo by Zak Vescera. Graeme Moore remembers the day a junkyard owner set ...

Almost half of workers are waiting more than six months to have their complaints resolved by the Employment Standards Branch.Jikaboom/iStock/Getty Images Plus The ...

British Columbia is expanding the workforce of its Employment Standards Branch in the next three years. The government is investing $12 million over that period to hire as many as 33 more full-time ...

In a provincial budget that includes free prescription contraception, a dramatic expansion of mental health services and much more, I wouldn’t blame you for missing the funding increase for B.C.’s ...

The next steps for regulating gig work are uncertain, says BC's parliamentary secretary for the sustainable economy. A gig driver in Victoria claims that he works 10 hours daily, seven days a week, ...

Stephanie Ramirez says she worked 15-hour shifts and drank up to three Monster Energy drinks a day to keep herself going. Until one day, her body gave out and she collapsed on the job. Ramirez is a ...

The B.C. agency tasked with protecting workers’ legal rights is failing to meet its own targets in 80 per cent of the complaints it handles, leaving thousands of workers waiting months or years to ...