Weekly overtime is time-and-a-half after 40 hours worked in a week. Only the first eight hours worked in a day count towards your weekly overtime.

 

 If an employee who is scheduled for more than eight hours reports for work, they must be paid for at least four hours of work. 

You are entitled to severance pay for 2 weeks 

Employers can enforce a dress code and have rules about jewelry and tattoos. There can be uniforms, you may not be allowed to wear jewelry and may have to cover tattoos or not be able to be employed because of them. 

A dress code is regulations applied to personal clothing worn in the workplace.  Special clothing is anything with a company logo, company colours, or merchandise sold by the employer.  Special clothing is always provided by the employer. 

 An employee is entitled to up to 5 days of unpaid leave during each employment year to meet responsibilities related to 

(a) the care, health or education of a child in the employee's care, or
 
 (b) the care or health of any other member of the employee's immediate family. 

Special clothing is an article of clothing or a uniform that is easily identified with the business. Clothing with a company logo or unique company colours would all be under the special clothing category. The employer must provide, clean and maintain the special clothing at no cost to the employee.

When an employee quits, retires or is terminated for just cause he or she is not entitled to severance pay. 

No personal safety equipment is not considered special clothing unless it directly associates the wearer with the company. WorkSafeBC requires the employer to provide safety equipment. 

(a) an architect, as defined in the Architects Act,
(b) a member, other than an honorary member, of the Organization of Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia under the Chartered Professional Accountants Act or a person enrolled as a student under that Act,
(c) a member of the Law Society of British Columbia under the Legal Profession Act or a person enrolled as an articled student under that Act,
 (d) a registrant of the College of Chiropractors of British Columbia continued under the Health Professions Act,

(e) a registrant of the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia continued under the Health Professions Act, other than a registrant who is only authorized under the bylaws of that College to use the title "dental therapist" under that Act,
(f) a professional engineer, as defined in the Engineers and Geoscientists Act, or a person who is enrolled as an engineer in training under the bylaws of the council of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia,
 (g) a person licensed as an insurance agent or adjuster under the Financial Institutions Act,
(h) a member in good standing of the Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia under the Land Surveyors Act or a person admitted as an articled pupil under that Act,
 (i) a registrant of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia continued under the Health Professions Act,
(j) a registrant of the College of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia established under the Health Professions Act, 

(k) a registrant of the College of Optometrists of British Columbia established under the Health Professions Act, 

(l) a registrant of the College of Podiatric Surgeons of British Columbia established under the Health Professions Act,
(m) a person licensed under the Real Estate Services Act
(n) a person registered under section 35 of the Securities Act,
(o) a member of the British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association under the Veterinarians Act, or
(p) a professional forester as defined in the Foresters Act, 

You must have worked on at least 15 of the 30 days before the statutory holiday. 

Qualified employees who are given a day off on a statutory holiday must be paid an average day’s pay. 

To be eligible for statutory holidays you have to have been employed for at least 30 calendar days and you need to have worked minimum 15 of the last 30 days before the holiday. 

After completing 5 years of work with the same employer, employees must receive a minimum of 3 weeks of vacation 

Those in sectors that fall under federal jurisdiction, such as airlines, banks, the federal civil service, post offices, radio and television stations and inter-provincial railways.