3rd Session, 42nd Parliament

(2022) FIRST READING

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HONOURABLE HARRY BAINS

MINISTER OF LABOUR

BILL 19 – 2022

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

AMENDMENT ACT, 2022

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

CLAUSE 1: [Employment Standards Act,

section 3] provides that the paid personal illness or injury leave requirements of the Act are minimum requirements that apply even if a collective agreement contains provisions that meet or exceed those requirements.

Section 3 of the Employment Standards Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 113, is amended

(

a) in the table in subsection (2) and in the table in subsection (3) by repealing the following as indicated:

Column 1

Matter

Column 2

Part or

Section

Paid personal illness or injury leave

Section 49.1 (1) (a), (3) and (4)

, and

(

b) in subsection (6) by striking out "

Part 6 [leaves and jury duty] except for

section 49.1 (1) (a), (3) and (4) [paid personal illness or injury leave] ; " and substituting "

Part 6 [leaves and jury duty] ; ".

CLAUSE 2: [Employment Standards Act,

section 49.1] provides that the employee entitlements to leave for personal illness or injury apply to each calendar year.

Section 49.1 (1) is amended by striking out " each employment year " and substituting " each calendar year ".

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Explanatory Notes

CLAUSE 1: [Employment Standards Act,

section 3] provides that the paid personal illness or injury leave requirements of the Act are minimum requirements that apply even if a collective agreement contains provisions that meet or exceed those requirements.

CLAUSE 2: [Employment Standards Act,

section 49.1] provides that the employee entitlements to leave for personal illness or injury apply to each calendar year.

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