Ministry of Labour

The Ministry of Labour promotes fair, healthy and safe labour and employment relationships in support of a strong, sustainable and inclusive economy.

Featured topics

• Employment Standards for App-Based Ride-Hail and Delivery Services Workers
  B.C. is the first place in Canada to provide app-based ride-hail and delivery services gig workers with minimum employment standards and other protections.
• Labour Relations Code Review
  The online feedback period between June 19 and Sept. 19, 2025 for stakeholders, Indigenous partners and members of the public, is now closed. The ministry will review the feedback and use it to determine next steps on the panel’s recommendations.
• Sick Notes Regulation
  To help health-care professionals care for more patients, new rules limiting when employers can ask for sick notes took effect Nov. 12, 2025.
• Job Protected Medical Leave
  Workers in B.C. can take up to 27 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave within a 52-week period to undergo medical treatment and focus on recovery.
• Minimum Wage
  To help prevent our lowest paid workers from falling further behind, on June 1, 2025, B.C.’s minimum wage increased to $17.85/hour from $17.40/hour.
• Workers Compensation and Occupational Health and Safety
  WorkSafeBC engages workers and employers to prevent injury, disease and disability in B.C. workplaces. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, WorkSafeBC provides compensation and support to people in their recovery, rehabilitation and safe return to work. WorkSafeBC’s Occupational Health and Safety regulations address risks to workers’ health, safety and well-being. 
• Paid Sick Leave 
  A minimum of five paid sick days each year is required for the majority of workers in B.C. – the most in any province.
• Temporary Foreign Workers Protection Act (TFWPA)
  In B.C., temporary foreign workers are protected by law from unfair practices. The TFWPA provides important protections for these vulnerable workers by setting standards for their recruitment and employment.
• Domestic and Sexual Violence Leave
  B.C.’s employment standards laws provide up to five days of paid leave, five days of unpaid leave and 15 additional unpaid weeks of job-protected leave for people who have faced domestic or sexual violence.

Featured services

• Employment Standards Branch
  Administers the Employment Standards Act and Regulation, which set minimum standards for wages and working conditions in most B.C. workplaces. Contact the Employment Standards Branch 
• BC Labour Relations Board (LRB)
  Serves as an independent, administrative tribunal with the mandate to mediate and adjudicate employment and labour relations matters related to unionized workplaces. Contact the LRB 
• WorkSafeBC
  Works to prevent workplace injury, illness and death, and supports injured workers through fair compensation and effective rehabilitation. Contact WorkSafeBC
• Workers’ Advisers Office and Employers’ Advisers Office
  The Workers’ Advisers Office (WAO) provides workers’ compensation advice, assistance, representation and resources to workers (and their dependents and others). Contact the WAO
  The Employers' Advisers Office (EAO) provides educational services to employers in all areas of the B.C. workers' compensation system to increase employer understanding and compliance, and to promote safe, healthy and respectful workplaces. Contact the EAO
  The WAO and EAO operate independently of WorkSafeBC.
• Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT)
  Decides appeals of WorkSafeBC decisions. Contact the WCAT

 Minister

Deputy Minister