British Columbians are invited to provide input about employment standards that should be in place to support app-based ride-hailing and food-delivery workers.

Ride-hailing and food-delivery workers on Vancouver Island can provide input about their work at in-person roundtable meetings in Victoria, Nanaimo and Parksville.

Firefighters will now have easier access to workers’ compensation benefits and support services in recognition of their higher risk of developing work-related cancers.

Amendments to the Workers Compensation Act will better support workers in British Columbia.

A series of regional in-person roundtables will be scheduled to hear directly from gig workers about their jobs and working conditions, and the unique challenges for app-based ride-hailing and delivery workers in B.C.

Changes to employment standards will better protect young people by outlining the types of work that are suitable for those aged 16 to 18.

Premier John Horgan and Harry Bains, Minister of Labour, have issued the following joint statement marking Labour Day:

Government has received a report on successorship when timber harvesting rights are transferred.

Harry Bains, Minister of Labour, has released the following statement about the Sea-to-Sky transit labour dispute: