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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.

  • COVID-19
    Employment & Labour
    Health Care
    Policy Note
    The Economy
    BC Office

    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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    Employment & Labour
    Policy Note
    BC Office

    BC Labour Code amendments: A foundation to strengthen worker rights?

    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…

  • Employment & Labour
    Gender Equality
    Law & legal issues
    Policy Note
    BC Office

    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…

  • Employment & Labour
    Policy Note
    BC Office

    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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