Foreign workers are covered by the Employment Standards Act and Regulation. These provisions include overtime pay, statutory holidays and holiday pay, annual vacations and vacation pay, compensation for length of service and minimum wage.
Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is a crime in Canada.
A person may be presumed to be a trafficked person when they:
- Are forced to work or provide services they do not want to do;
- Are working for little or no pay under poor conditions;
- Have lost control and access to their passport and identification documents;
- Have restrictions on where they can go and what they can do.
For more information, contact the Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons (OCTIP)
Toll free number: 1-888-712-7974
Website: http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/octip/contact.htm
