Response to the BC Ministry of Labour consultation paper
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This submission shares our recommendations for modernizing the Employment Standards Act (ESA) in response to the BC Ministry of Labour Consultation Paper on this topic. It begins with a brief discussion of the context for the current round of reforms to workplace rights, including an overview of labour market changes since the last major round of reforms to the ESA in the early 2000s. It then presents the case for eliminating exclusions from the Act unless there is a clear public policy rationale for them, so that more workers can benefit from modernizing the ESA. The brief then provides specific recommendations on each of the six themes of the Consultation Paper, followed by an overview of six other key areas of the ESA that are urgently in need of reform.
About the author
Iglika Ivanova
Iglika Ivanova is a Senior Economist and the Public Interest Researcher at the CCPA’s BC Office. She researches and writes on key social and economic challenges facing BC and Canada, including poverty, economic insecurity and labour market shifts towards more precarious work. Iglika is Co-Director of the Understanding Precarity in BC Project (UP-BC). Iglika also investigates issues of government finance, tax policy and privatization and how they relate to the accessibility and quality of public services. She is particularly interested in the potential for public policy to build a more just, inclusive and sustainable economy. Follow Iglika on Twitter
