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See the People’s Law School website for more on [https://www.peopleslawschool.ca/everyday-legal-problems/work/getting-paid/earning-minimum-wage the minimum wage in BC].
See the People’s Law School website for more on [https://www.peopleslawschool.ca/everyday-legal-problems/work/getting-paid/earning-minimum-wage the minimum wage in BC].


===Averaging agreements===
===Hours of work===
Under an averaging agreement, you and your employer can enter into a written agreement that allows your employer to schedule your working time in a way that better meets the employer’s needs.
Workers covered by BC’s employment standards law are entitled to overtime wages if they work more than eight hours per day or 40 hours per week. (There is one exception: if they agree to average their hours. This is explained below.)


In effect, an averaging agreement allows your employer to compress your regularly scheduled work week into fewer, longer work days without paying the usual overtime.
If you agree, your employer may establish a "time bank" in which your overtime entitlement would be saved up and paid out at a later date.  
To use a simple example: If you usually work 40 hours a week, on average, under a one-week averaging agreement, your employer could schedule you to work for 10 hours a day for the four busiest days of work. In this <span class="noglossary">case</span>, your 40-hour, five-day work week has been "averaged" to fit into four days of 10 hours each. No overtime is paid for the 10-hour days.


Averaging  agreements  can  be  complicated. To find out more <span class="noglossary">contact</span> the Employment Standards Branch or read the fact sheet on averaging agreements on the Employment Standards Branch website at [http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb].
See the People’s Law School website for more information on [https://www.peopleslawschool.ca/everyday-legal-problems/work/getting-paid/hours-work-and-working-overtime hours of work and working overtime].


===Overtime pay===
===Overtime pay===
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