Employment: telephone and online resources
Employment Standards (Province of BC)
Ministry of Labour and Citizen’s Services, Employment Standards Branch
The Employment Standards Branch administers the Employment Standards Act and Regulation, which set minimum standards of wages and working conditions in most non-unionized workplaces. Get self-help information. Designed to help employees who think they might have a workplace problem. Translated information: Chinese, Tagalog, French, Punjabi, Spanish. Self-help kit for filing a complaint.
Toll-free: 1-800-663-3316 www.labour.gov.bc.ca
Human Resources & Social Development Canada www.hrsdc.gc.ca
Employment insurance benefits, information about career planning, financial benefits, jobs, labour and workplace information.
Employment Insurance Benefits Toll-free: 1-800-206-7218 TTY: 1-800-529-3742
Old Age Security/Canada Pension Plan Toll-free: 1-800-277-9914 TTY: 1-800-255-4786
Labour Relations Board
The BC Labour Relations Board is an independent, administrative tribunal with the mandate to mediate and adjudicate employment and labour relations matters related to unionized workplaces.
Telephone: 1-604-660-1304 email: information@lrb.bc.ca website: www.lrb.bc.ca
PovNet
Links to workers rights: Canadian Injured Workers’ Alliance, CompoNet (WCB), CLAS (Community Legal Assistance Society) provides free legal assistance to people who are physically, mentally, socially, economically or otherwise disadvantaged throughout British Columbia.