Research

Recent Articles, Submissions,
Studies & Reports on BC’s Employment Standards Act

Arlene Tigar McLaren and Mark Thompson, “Harvest of Shame”, (Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, June 19, 2008).

B.C. Federation of Labour, Submission on the Employment Standards Review Discussion Paper, December, 2001.

B.C. Federation of Labour, “Minimum Wage”, November 2006 brief to BC Minister of Labour.

B.C. Federation of Labour, “Left Behind in an Era of Prosperity: Employment Standards Protections Are Failing BC Workers”, Briefing Notes – Ministry of Labour Employment Standards Consultation, March 3, 2011.

B.C. Federation of Labour, “Fair Standards”, November 2011 submission to BC Ministry of Labour.

B.C. Federation of Teachers, “Consequences for the Children of British Columbia” in Childhood is for School and Play, Not Jobs.

David Ages, “An Analysis of the Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2002” in Creative Resistance, 2002-06-02.

David Ages, “Labour Law Changes Raise Many Questions” in The Vancouver Sun. May 20, 2002.

David Fairey, “Eroding Worker Protections: British Columbia’s New ‘Flexible’ Employment Standards”, (Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – BC Office, November 23, 2005).

David Fairey, “Turning a Blind Eye to Employers Who Break the Law Doesn’t Solve the Problem”, (Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, December 12, 2005).

David Fairey, “New ‘Flexible’ Employment Standards Regulation in British Columbia”, Journal of Law and Social Policy, Vol.21, Fall 2006, pages 91 – 113.

David Fairey, Christina Hanson, Glen MacInnes, Arlene Tigar Mclaren, Gerardo Otero, Kerry Preibisch and Mark Thompson, “Cultivating Farmworker Rights: Ending the Exploitation of Immigrant and Migrant Farmworkers in BC, (Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, June 2009).

David Fairey, “The Dangerous Act of Unionized Worker Exclusion from Employment Standards Law”, paper presented at the Learned Societies Congress 2008, University of British Columbia, June 6, 2008. Economic Security Project Roundtable, sponsored by Political Economy Section of Canadian Political Science Association.

David Fairey, “Exclusion of Unionized Workers from Employment Standards Law”, paper presented at the Canadian Industrial Relations Association Annual Conference 2008, University of British Columbia, June 5, 2008. Panel on The Impact of Labour Law Changes on Workers.

David Fairey and Simone McCallum, “Negotiating Without a Floor: Unionized Worker Exclusion from BC Employment Standards Strips Workers of Their Basic Legal Rights”, (Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – BC Office, July 2007).

David Fairey, “Is Another Charter Challenge on BC Labour Rights Waiting in the Wings?”, (Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, August 16, 2007).

David Fairey, “Exclusion of Unionized Workers from Core Provisions of the B.C. Employment Standards Act”, paper presented at the Learned Societies Congress 2007, University of Saskatchewan, May 31, 2007. Panel on Economic Security for Vulnerable Populations sponsored by Society for Socialist Studies.

Gerardo Otero and Kerry Preibisch, “Farmworker Health and Safety: Challenges for British Columbia”, (Simon Fraser University and University of Guelph, August 2010). A WorkSafeBC “Research at Work” funded study.

Adrienne Montani and Andrina Perry, “Child Labour is No Accident: The Experience of BC’s Working Children” (Vancouver: First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, May 9, 2013), and “Report Addendum” (May 9, 2013).

Graeme Moore, “ Hand-Harvesters of Fraser Valley Berry Crops: New Era Protection of Vulnerable Employees”, (Vancouver: BC Federation of Labour, 2004).

Graeme Moore, Helesia Luke and Bob Korth, “Putting Kids to Work: The Deregulation of Child Labour in BC”, in BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Spring/Summer) 2004, (Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – BC Office).

Habiba Zaman, Cecilia Diocson and Rebecca Scott, “Workplace Rights for Immigrants in BC: The Case of Filipino Workers”, (Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, December 10, 2007).

Helesia Luke and Graeme Moore, “Who’s Looking Out for Our Kids? Deregulating Child Labour Law in British Columbia, (Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – BC Office, March 2004).

Helesia Luke, “What’s Happening to Our Children? A Look at Child Work-Related Injury Claims in BC Over the Past 10 Years”, (Vancouver: First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, October, 2009).

Iglika Ivanova and Marjorie Griffin Cohen, “Going for Gold on Minimum Wages”, (Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, January 2010).

Iglika Ivanova, “Myths and Facts About the Minimum Wage in BC”, Behind The Numbers, (Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, February 9, 2011).

John Irwin, Stephen McBride and Tanya Strubin, “Child and Youth Employment Standards: The Experience of Young Workers Under BC’s New Policy Regime”, (Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, September 20, 2005).

Mark Thompson, David Fairey and Arlene Tigar McLaren, “Unfree Farm Labour in British Columbia?”, (Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, September 28, 2008).

Michael Goldberg and David Green, “Minimum Wage Increase is Good Public Policy”, (Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, July 1, 2000).