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Volume 63, No. 14

185/2020

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

July 28, 2020

B.C. Reg. 185/2020 , deposited July 17, 2020, under the EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT [section 127]. Order in Council 425/2020, approved and ordered July 17, 2020.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with

the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Employment Standards

Regulation, B.C. Reg. 396/95, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— L. BEARE, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

1 The Employment Standards Regulation, B.C. Reg. 396/95, is amended by adding the

following section:

How to apply for a variance – duration of temporary layoff

30.2 Despite

section 30 of this regulation, an application under

section 72 (a) [application for variance – duration of temporary layoff] of the Act for a variance must

(

a) be made in a form and manner required by the director,

(

b) be certified by the employer and include written approvals, made in a form

and manner required by the director, from a majority of the employees who will be

affected by the variance, and

(

c) include the following:

(

i) the variance requested;

(ii) the duration of the variance;

(iii) the reason for requesting the variance;

(iv) the employer's name, address, email address and telephone number;

(

v) the name, email address and home phone number of each employee whose written

approval is included in the application;

(vi) the total number of employees who will be affected by the variance.

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