{{Template:Legal Help Guide TOC}}As an employee, you are entitled to be paid for all of the hours that you worked, within a short period after completing the work. If you have worked overtime, you may be entitled to additional pay for the excess hours. You may also be entitled to pay for statutory holidays.  Union Members: If you belong to a union, your rights generally depend on the collective agreement, and they are normally enforced by asking the union to pursue a grievance on your behalf. Talk to your shop steward or other union representative about the unpaid wages as soon as possible.  If you don't have a union and can't resolve the problem directly with your employer, your first step depends on whether you will need belong to know if a union, and whether your employer is '''provincially regulated''' or '''federally regulated'''. Most employers are provincially regulated, but the following are federally regulated:

# Complete and submit a [http"Self-Help Kit" from the Employment Standards Branch as soon as possible://see www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/self-help/welcome.htm "Self-Help Kit"]  You have six months to file a complaint from the Employment Standards Branch '''time the wages were not paid or the date when your employment ended. If you are within six months''' 30 days of the end of the nonsix-payment of wages. It contains an information notice from month period you should file your complaint with the Employment Standards Branch, a Request for Payment, and a Fact SheetTHEN use the Self-Help Kit to try and resolve your problem. ( [See [[#22-Employment Standards Branch]] , in the Resource List Part 2 of this guide Guide for contact and website information.)]

# If your employer has not responded within 10 days, contact the Complete and submit a '''Payment Claim Kit''' from the Labour Program of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada ("HRSDC"“HRSDC”)by letter, telephone, or in person. (See [[Human Resources and Skills Development Canada]] in Part 2 of this guide for contact and website information.) The kit contains a labour standards pamphlet and a Payment Claim letter to your employer. Read the pamphlet and complete and send the Payment Claim letter to your employer.