September 25, 2009

Resources for clients with employment law issues

For your clients with employment law questions, here are a few invaluable resources you can refer them to or use yourself to find more information. First and foremost, go to Clicklaw (www.clicklaw.bc.ca) and select Employment under "Your daily life" to find a list of useful links to employment law resources. Among other things, you'll find links here to:

• Dial-A-Law scripts on employment and termination, sexual harassment in the workplace, and workers' compensation from WorkSafeBC
• the Legal Students' Legal Advice Program Manual chapter on employment law
• a People's Law School booklet called Working in BC

See also the Labour Program/Branch Publications page of the BC Ministry of Labour and Citizen's Services for links to useful information, including fact sheets about employment.

Note that many employer/employee problems require the employee to fill out a self-help kit on the Employment Standards Website as a first step.