FAMILY RESPONSIBILITY LEAVE

Family responsibility leave

Rights

  1. BC Employment Standards Act
  • Amount of unpaid leave: 5 days per year related to:
    • the care, health or education of a child in the employee’s care;
    • the care or health of any member of the employee’s immediate family

Benefits

  1. BC Employment Standards Act
  • Medical, extended health, dental, pension and group life insurance plans for the length of the leave in the ESA:
    • if employer normally pays the full premium, the employer must continue to provide the benefit plan(s), including pension, at no cost to the employee;
    • if employer normally pays a portion of the premium, and the employee elects to continue the benefit plan(s), including pension, then the employer will continue to pay its share and the employee her/his share.
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