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All employees must be paid at least twice a month. A pay period cannot be longer than 16 days. All wages earned in a pay period must be paid within eight days after the end of the pay period. Employees must receive a written or electronic pay statement (pay stub) each pay day that gives […]

An employee who reports for work must be paid for at least two hours, even if the employee works less than two hours. If an employee who is scheduled for more than eight hours reports for work, he or she must be paid for at least four hours. If work stops for a reason completely […]

An employee must not work more than five hours in a row without a 30-minute unpaid meal break. An employee who is required to work or be available for work during a meal break must be paid for the meal break. Employers are not required to provide coffee breaks. Reprinted from http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/esaguide/#2

An employer and an employee can agree to average scheduled work hours over a period of 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks. Averaging agreements must be in writing and, have a start date and an end date. Overtime is payable: After eight hours in a day if extra hours have been added to an employee’s […]