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#Contact your employer and see if you can resolve the problem directly. | #Contact your employer and see if you can resolve the problem directly. | ||
#Obtain a "[http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/self-help/welcome.htm Complaint Process Self-Help Kit]" from the [[Employment Standards Branch of BC]] as soon as possible. The self-help kit is designed to help employees and employers solve workplace disputes quickly and fairly. It includes a Request for Payment form and a letter from the Employment Standards Branch for you to give to your employer. | #Obtain a "[http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/self-help/welcome.htm Complaint Process Self-Help Kit]" from the [[Employment Standards Branch of BC]] as soon as possible. The self-help kit is designed to help employees and employers solve workplace disputes quickly and fairly. It includes a Request for Payment form and a letter from the Employment Standards Branch for you to give to your employer. | ||
#Your employer has 15 days to respond to your Request for Payment. If he or she does not, or the matter is not resolved, you can file a [http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/facshts/complaint.htm complaint form] with the Employment Standards Branch. Note that you have ''six months'' to file a complaint from the time the wages were not paid or your employment ended. If you are within 30 days of the end of the six-month period, you should file your complaint with the Employment Standards Branch and ''then'' use the self-help kit to try and resolve the problem. | #Your employer has fifteen (15) days to respond to your Request for Payment. If he or she does not, or the matter is not resolved, you can file a [http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/facshts/complaint.htm complaint form] with the Employment Standards Branch. Note that you have ''six months'' to file a complaint from the time the wages were not paid or your employment ended. If you are within 30 days of the end of the six-month period, you should file your complaint with the Employment Standards Branch and ''then'' use the self-help kit to try and resolve the problem. | ||
=== What happens next === | === What happens next === | ||
