| Employment Standards (Serious Illness or Injury) Amendment Act, 2025 | https://res360.ca/publications/Publications/V66-LB-Employment_Standards_(Serious_Illness_or_Injury_Leave)_Amendment_Act_2025_10_22.pdf, https://res360.ca/publications/Publications/V66-LB-Employment_Standards_(Serious_Illness_or_Injury_Leave)_Amendment_Act_2025_10_22.pdf | Employment Standards (Serious Illness or Injury) Amendment Act, 2025 | <div class="ExternalClass2CC963A40D3848D8864EFD025516C8C8"><p>On October 20, 2025, the BC Government introduced Bill 30 – 2025, Employment Standards (Serious Illness or Injury
Leave) Amendment Act, 2025. Bill 30 proposes an amendment to section 49.01 of the Employment Standards Act
(Act) to add an unpaid leave, due to serious personal illness or injury, for up to 27 weeks within any period of 52
weeks to the other types of leaves afforded job protection under the Act.<br></p></div> | | https://res360.ca/PublishingImages/ResLaunch.jpg, https://res360.ca/PublishingImages/ResLaunch.jpg
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| Private Member's Bill - Firefighters' Health Act | https://res360.ca/publications/Publications/V65-LB-Firefighters_Health_Act-2025_06_09.pdf, https://res360.ca/publications/https://res360.ca/publications/Publications/V65-LB-Firefighters_Health_Act-20Puhttps://res360.ca/publications/Publications/V65-LB-Firefighters_Health_Act-2025_06_09.pdfblications/V65-LB-Firefighters_Health_Act-2025_06_09.pdf | Private Member's Bill - Firefighters' Health Act | <div class="ExternalClass147179ED07C443088CBA3C63764F072D"><p>On May 12, 2025, Misty Van Popta, Conservative MLA for Langley-Walnut Grove, presented a private member’s bill, Bill M 214 – 2025 – Firefighters’ Health Act (Bill M 214) to the Legislative Assembly of BC. This Member's Bill proposes the development of a plan for the comprehensive health screening of firefighters, as well as a review of s.140 of the Workers Compensation Act (WCA) and the Firefighters’ Occupational Disease Regulation (Regulation), and the preparation of a report with any recommendations in respect to prescribed occupational diseases and prescribed minimum cumulative periods as per s.140 of the WCA.<br></p></div> | | https://res360.ca/PublishingImages/RightsAccomodation.jpg, https://res360.ca/PublishingImages/RightsAccomodation.jpg
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| BC Mimimum Wage Adjustment for 2025 | https://res360.ca/publications/Publications/V64%20-%20LB%20-%20BC%20Minimum%20Wage%20Increase%202025%2002%2014.pdf, https://res360.ca/publications/Publications/V64%20-%20LB%20-%20BC%20Minimum%20Wage%20Increase%202025%2002%2014.pdf | BC Mimimum Wage Adjustment for 2025 | <div class="ExternalClassCAAF7A97D5944BA0B8EF2DA18940AC80"><p>On February 14, 2025, the BC Government <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2025LBR0001-000113">announced</a> that effective June 1, 2025, BC's minimum wage will increase from $17.40 to $17.85 an hour. This is a 2.6% ($0.45) increase, which is consistent with BC's average rate of inflation in 2024. <br></p></div> | | https://res360.ca/PublishingImages/FemaleEngineers.jpg, https://res360.ca/PublishingImages/FemaleEngineers.jpg
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