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
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.
