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This script explains the rules for farm worker wages (or pay), including minimum wages, how often wages must be paid, overtime pay, farm labour contractors, and payroll records. The ''Employment Standards Act'' is the provincial law that sets these rules for farm workers not in a union | This script explains the rules for farm worker wages (or pay), including minimum wages, how often wages must be paid, overtime pay, farm labour contractors, and payroll records. The ''[http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96113_01 Employment Standards Act]'' is the provincial law that sets these rules for farm workers not in a union. | ||
The Act also deals with who is a farm worker, public holidays (also called statutory holidays), vacation pay, and what to do if your employer doesn’t follow the rules. For that and other information (on workers’ compensation, employment insurance, Canada Pension Plan disability benefits, sexual harassment and discrimination at work), check script [[Farm Workers' Rights (Script 274)|274]], called “Farm Workers’ Rights”. | The Act also deals with who is a farm worker, public holidays (also called statutory holidays), vacation pay, and what to do if your employer doesn’t follow the rules. For that and other information (on workers’ compensation, employment insurance, Canada Pension Plan disability benefits, sexual harassment and discrimination at work), check script [[Farm Workers' Rights (Script 274)|274]], called “Farm Workers’ Rights”. | ||
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====1. If you’re paid by the hour, or by salary or commission==== | ====1. If you’re paid by the hour, or by salary or commission==== | ||
:The minimum hourly wage is $10. | :The minimum hourly wage is $10.45. | ||
====2. If you’re paid by the piece==== | ====2. If you’re paid by the piece==== | ||
:The minimum rate for picking certain fruit or vegetables by hand is set by the BC government and depends on the crop. For example, the minimum rate is different for a pound of raspberries than for a pound of beans. A bin of apples and a bin of grapes have different rates. | :The minimum rate for picking certain fruit or vegetables by hand is set by the BC government and depends on the crop. For example, the minimum rate is different for a pound of raspberries than for a pound of beans. A bin of apples and a bin of grapes have different rates. | ||
:Both the minimum hourly wage and | :Both the minimum hourly wage and piece rates change occasionally – the [https://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/ Employment Standards Branch website] lists them. Check the factsheets on [https://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/facshts/min-wage.htm Minimum Wage] and [https://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/igm/esr-part-4/esr-s18.htm Piece rates]. | ||
==Vacation pay and statutory holiday pay== | ==Vacation pay and statutory holiday pay== | ||