Employment Standards

Review your handout provided in class and on D2L – “A Guide to the Employment Standards Act”.  

This guide sets out the minimum standards that apply in most workplaces in British Columbia.

Steps:

Based on what you have read and learned about the Employment Standards Act, find an article on-line or in the newspaper where you see a potential problem. (Hint: There is a lot of media right now on hiring temporary foreign workers).

Include the following:

Brief description of the article 

What is the problem?

Are they in violation of the Employment Standards Act?

Why or why not?

Length – one page or approximately 400 words

Due to D2L drop box on November 18th

Be prepared to discuss in class