Employers' Corner
The Employment Standards Branch administers the Employment Standards Act and Regulation, which set minimum standards of wages and working conditions in most workplaces.
Keeping Records |
Paying Wages
Deductions from Wages
Variances and Averaging Agreements
Complaint Process
- Self-Help Kit Factsheet
- Complaint Resolution Factsheet
- Mediation Factsheet
- Adjudication (Complaint Hearings) Factsheet
Appeals
- ESA Section 112 - Appeal of director's determination
- Employment Standards Determinations can be appealed to the Employment Standards Tribunal.
Enforcement Measures and Penalties
- Enforcement Measures and Penalties Factsheet
- ESA Section 87 - Lien for unpaid wages
- ESA Section 88 – Payment of Interest
- ESA Section 89 - Demand on third party
- ESA Section 91 - Determination or order may be filed and enforced as judgment
- ESA Section 92 - Seizure of assets
- ESA Section 93 - Release of assets
- ESA Section 95 - Associated Corporations
- ESA Section 96 - Corporate officer's liability for unpaid wages
- ESA Section 98 - Monetary penalties
- ESR Section 29 - Administrative penalties