Role and purpose of minimum wage, enforcement on the agenda
British Columbia is looking into making changes to its employer standards, as the Labour Ministry plans to meet with key business and labour stakeholders to discuss the standards, including minimum wage.
“The workplace is changing constantly,” said Labour Minister Iain Black . “I’ve asked staff to gather views on how we can best ensure employment standards reflect the realities and needs of employees and employers in 21st-century workplaces.”
The staff will have focused discussions with organizations that represent the interests of employees and employers, as well as independent experts, over the next two to three months. They will look at how to modernize B.C.’s employment standards system around the following themes:
• the role and purpose of the minimum wage in today’s economy and how it should be established and adjusted
• enhancing flexibility for employees and employers
• clarifying and simplifying standards
• improving the provision of information on employment standards to employees and employers
• improving the enforcement of employment standards
• ensuring expeditious hearing and determination of complaints.
