About Us

In 1993, the provincial government appointed Professor Mark Thompson as a commissioner to review employment standards in British Columbia. On February 3, 1994 Professor Thompson issued a report titled “Rights and Responsibilities in a Changing Workplace: A Review of Employment Standards in British Columbia” .

The report recommended that the government establish a tribunal to hear employment standards appeals. The Employment Standards Tribunal was established on November 1, 1995 under Part 12 of the Employment Standards Act.

Members

Tribunal Members
Member Remuneration

Annual Reports

Access the Tribunal’s annual statistics report
Access the Tribunal’s PIDA reports

Policies

Code of Conduct
Privacy and Anonymization Policy
Appointment Policy
Re-Appointment Policy

Practice Directives

The Administrative Tribunals Act (the “ATA“) states that the Tribunal must make the following practice directives:

The usual time period for completing an application and for completing the procedural steps within an application, and

The usual time period within which the tribunal’s final decision and reasons are to be released after the hearing of the application is completed.

Legislation

Employment Standards Act
Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act
Administrative Tribunals Act
Employment Standards Regulation
Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Regulation

BC Employment Standards Tribunal