Interpretation Guidelines Manual
British Columbia Employment Standards Act and Regulations

Employment Standards Act Part 2 - Hiring Employees

ESA Section 15 - Register of employees working in residences
Contents:

Summary
Text of Legislation
Policy Interpretation
Related Information
Summary

This section requires that an employer provide information to the director which will be used to create and maintain a list of employees working in private residences.

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Text of Legislation

15. An employer must provide to the director, in accordance with the regulations, any information required for establishing and maintaining a register of employees working in private residences.

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Policy Interpretation

The Employment Standards Regulation requires all domestics and textile workers who work in private residences to be registered with the director.

In the case of an employee who will be employed as a domestic and who is coming to Canada from a different country, the employer must provide the required information, as set out in the Employment Standards Regulation s.13, before the employee is hired and before making an application to bring the employee to Canada.

Completed registration forms can be sent to the Employment Standards Branch by:

  • Fax - to the Domestic Registry at 1-866-861-8700
  • Mail - to Employment Standards Branch, Domestic Registry
    PO Box 9570 , Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9K1
  • E-mail

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Related Information

Related sections of the Act or Regulation Other

See www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/facshts/

Factsheet

Domestics

Forms:

www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/forms/

More information about employment of domestic workers is available at www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/domestics/

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