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Bethany Hastie
Bethany Hastie is an Assistant Professor at the Peter A Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia.
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With the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, news stories sounding the alarm over worker shortages are once again on the rise. And, like…
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What do recent changes to the Employment Standards Act mean for BC workers?
The current COVID-19 pandemic and responses to it have shone a light on the depth and breadth of precarious labour in BC, across Canada, and…
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The first comprehensive review of BC’s Labour Code in over a quarter of a century has resulted in changes to the law to strengthen protections and…
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Human Rights Commission has opportunity to change workplace culture around sexual harassment
Sexual harassment in the workplace has been a focus of recent talk and action, spurred on by the #MeToo movement. As one of many ways…
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Three ways BC can make it easier for precarious workers to unionize
The BC Labour Relations Code is being reviewed for the first time in over 15 years. Since the last comprehensive review, which took place in…
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