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=== First steps === | === First steps === | ||
#Contact your employer and see if you can resolve the problem directly. | #Contact your employer and see if you can resolve the problem directly. | ||
#Complete and submit 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. Note that you have ''six months'' to file a ''complaint'' from the time the wages were not paid or the date when your employment ended. If you are within 30 days of the end of the six-month period, you should file your complaint with the | #Complete and submit 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. Note that you have ''six months'' to file a ''complaint'' from the time the wages were not paid or the date when 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 your problem. | ||
=== What happens next === | === What happens next === | ||
Your employer has 15 days to respond to your Request for Payment. If he/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 of BC]]. | Your employer has 15 days to respond to your Request for Payment. If he/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 of BC|Employment Standards Branch]]. | ||
The Employment Standards Branch staff <span class="noglossary">will</span> investigate and offer to resolve your claim through ''mediation''. If mediation does not work, it <span class="noglossary">will</span> be sent to a hearing before an ''adjudicator'', who <span class="noglossary">will</span> hear from both sides and then make a decision called a ''determination''. | The Employment Standards Branch staff <span class="noglossary">will</span> investigate and offer to resolve your claim through ''mediation''. If mediation does not work, it <span class="noglossary">will</span> be sent to a hearing before an ''adjudicator'', who <span class="noglossary">will</span> hear from both sides and then make a decision called a ''determination''. | ||
