Despite budget increases, the Employment Standards Branch is failing to meet its own response time targets.
The B.C. agency tasked with protecting workers’ legal rights is failing to meet its own targets in 80 per cent of the complaints it handles, leaving thousands of workers waiting months or years to recoup unpaid wages.
“Instead of the employer being deterred from breaking the law, it actually deters employees from going after their rights,” Micu said. Labour advocates have argued that change was necessary because the kits were difficult to complete and suppressed claims from workers. BC Liberal labour critic Greg Kyllo has argued government should have foreseen the spike in caseload and the resulting delays. In a previous interview with The Tyee, he said government should collect and release more data on where complaints were coming from.
Earlier this year, Labour Minister Harry Bains announced the branch would get a $3-million boost to its $14-million budget this year. The branch will also receive further funding boosts on top of in the two following fiscal years, which Bains said would support the hiring of the equivalent of 33 new full-time staff.
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