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At present, only the province of British Columbia requires that workers be registered by their employers under the Domestic Workers' Registry. Employment agencies, on the other hand, are only regulated in two provinces, British Columbia, and Alberta, and their regulation only amounts to operating licensing requirements. [46]
Service Canada is the program operated by Employment and Social Development Canada to serve as a single-point of access for the Government of Canada's largest and most heavily used programs, such as the social insurance number, the Employment Insurance program, the Old Age Security program and the Canada Pension Plan. [1]
The department delivers a number of federal government programs and services including Employment Insurance (EI), Service Canada centres, Canada Student Loan Program (CSLP), Canada Pension Plan (CPP), issuing social insurance numbers (SIN) and the federal Labour Program among other things.
The EI system is managed by Service Canada, a service delivery network reporting to the Minister of Employment and Social Development Canada. A bit over half of EI benefits are paid in Ontario and the Western provinces but EI is especially important in the Atlantic provinces, which have higher rates of unemployment.
The Employment Standards Act of British Columbia , is legislation enacted by the provincial government of British Columbia to protect the rights of working people. Sections within the act outline the employers responsibility to their employees, notably things such as minimum wage , meal breaks, and parental leave .
Attorney General of British Columbia v Attorney General of Canada and others (1937) UKPC 9 (28 January 1937) Invalid Weekly Rest In Industrial Undertakings Act, Minimum Wages Act, Limitation of Hours of Work Act: Reference re legislative jurisdiction of Parliament of Canada to enact the Minimum Wages Act (1935, c. 44) (1936) S.C.R. 461 (June 17 ...
The Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia, operating as WorkSafeBC, is a statutory agency that was made in 1917, after the provincial legislature put into force legislation passed in 1902. [1] This legislation is known as the Workers Compensation Act. [2]
The British Columbia General Employees' Union (BCGEU) is a trade union in British Columbia, Canada which represents over 95,000 members [2]. The union employs over 400 servicing and administrative staff in 12 area offices across the province and at the Burnaby head office. The current President of the BCGEU is Paul Finch. [3]