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British Columbia Leave & Compensation

Minimum Wage

$18.25 per hour  

Separate Minimum Wages

Online Platform Workers: $21.89 per hour

Distance Expense Allowance for Delivery Services: $0.35 per km while using a form of transport other than walking

Distance Expense Allowance for Ride-Hail Services: $0.45 per km while operating a motor vehicle

Liquor Servers: $18.25 per hour

Live-in home support workers: $135.88 per day or part day worked

Live-in Camp Leaders: $145.64 per day or part day worked

Resident Caretakers of apt. buildings with 9 to 60 suites: $1,092.10 per month + $43.75 per suite

Resident Caretakers of apt. buildings with >60 suites: $3,719.96 per month

Alternate Piece Rates for Harvest Workers: Depends on crop

Scheduled Increases

Regular annual increases based on inflation every June 1; Piece-rate wages for hand-picked crops increase every December 1

Standard Work Hours

8 hours per day and 40 hours per week, Sunday to Saturday, unless an averaging agreement or variance applies

Sick Days

 5 days' Personal Illness or Injury Leave, (Sick Leave) the first 3 days of which are paid for employees with 90 days of employment

Average Workers' Comp Assessment Rate 2026

$1.55 per $100 assessable payroll

Workers' Comp Maximum Assessable/Insurable Earnings 2026

$127,500  

All leaves are unpaid unless specified otherwise:    

27 weeks' Serious Personal Illness or Injury Leave. 

17 consecutive weeks' Maternity (or Pregnancy) Leave.

62 weeks' Parental Leave. 

5 days' Family Responsibility Leave to help with the care, health or education of a child under the age of 19 in the employee's care. 

10 days' plus 15 weeks' Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave, the first 5 days of which are paid for employees with 3 consecutive months' service, if the employee or their child or dependent is impacted by domestic or sexual violence.  

27 weeks' Compassionate Care Leave to care for a family member who's terminally ill. 

36 weeks' Critical Illness or Injury Leave to care for a child family member age 19 or under.

16 weeks' Critical Illness or Injury Leave to care for an adult family member over age 19. 

20 days' Reservist Leave for a reservist in the Canadian Forces to participate in Canadian Forces training activities. 

52 weeks' Child Disappearance Leave if employee's child disappears as a probable result of a crime. 

104 weeks' Child Death Leave if employee's child dies.

3 days' Bereavement Leave for the death of an immediate family member. 

Jury Duty Leave for as long as necessary for employee to attend court as a juror. 

Employee must work 1 full year with same employer before being entitled to vacation time: 

  • 2 weeks' vacation with pay after 1 year of employment with the same employer, payable at 4% of earnings 
  • 3 weeks' vacation with pay after 5 years of employment with the same employer, payable at 6% of earnings 
Statutory Holidays

New Year's Day Canada Day Thanksgiving Day
Family Day B.C. Day Remembrance Day
Good Friday Labour Day Christmas Day
Victoria Day National Day for Truth & Reconciliation

Stat Holiday Pay Eligibility

Employees qualify for stat holiday if they:  

  • Have been employed for 30 calendar days and 
  • Have worked or earned wages on 15 of the 30 days before the statutory holiday 

Stat Holiday Pay

If worked: Time and a half for hours worked on the holiday for up to 12 hours plus double wages for time worked beyond 12 hours on the holiday plus an average day’s pay 

If not worked: Average day’s pay