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== First steps if your employer is provincially regulated ==
# 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 Branchof BC]] as soon as possible.
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 Branchof BC]] and THEN use the Self-Help Kit to try and resolve your problem.
== 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 complaint form with the [[Employment Standards Branchof BC]].
The ESB staff will investigate and offer to resolve your claim through '''mediation'''. If mediation does not work, it will be sent to a hearing before an '''adjudicator''', who will hear from both sides and then make a decision called a '''determination'''.
See the [[Resource List]] included in this Guide for a list of helpful resources. Your best bets are:
* [[Employment Standards Branchof BC]].
* [[PovNet]].
* [[Access Pro Bono]], [[Lawyer Referral Service]], [[Salvation Army Pro Bono Lawyer Consultation Program]], [[Private Bar Lawyers]].