First in a series on changes coming to B.C. labour laws.

Kids under 16 can keep earning 91裸聊视频減ocket money91裸聊视频� while the B.C. government works out regulations to restrict their paid work, Labour Minister Harry Bains says.

Bains said the minimum age for formal work is going up from 12 to 16, except for 91裸聊视频渓ight work91裸聊视频� that isn91裸聊视频檛 hazardous, including chores and traditional work like delivering newspapers. He later clarified that there is more consultation needed before it is finalized.

91裸聊视频淲e will be devising regulations, and that will take some time,91裸聊视频� Bains said. 91裸聊视频淚n the meantime they will continue to work. Then we will be consulting to see if they are actually in dangerous occupations, and how do we give the employer some opportunity to get used to what the new regulations are.91裸聊视频�

Farm operations and educational co-ops are concerned about new restrictions on youth work announced this week by Bains, as part of his update of the Labour Relations Code, says B.C. Liberal labour critic John Martin, MLA for Chilliwack.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e already got some emails from people involved in co-op education, youth 15 years old gaining a foothold in their employment career working in greenhouses and other parts of the agriculture sector,91裸聊视频� Martin said. 91裸聊视频淭hey91裸聊视频檙e wondering if they91裸聊视频檙e going to continue that relationship between schools and employers in various parts of the province.91裸聊视频�

says he91裸聊视频檚 got questions for about restrictions on teens working

91裸聊视频� Tom Fletcher (@tomfletcherbc)

Ken Peacock, chief economist at the Business Council of B.C., said in an interview he supports greater restrictions on work for young people. The council91裸聊视频檚 submission to the B.C. Law Institute91裸聊视频檚 three-year study of employment standards was in line with the changes in that area, he said.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 hearing there are some challenges and concerns in the agricultural sector, but it91裸聊视频檚 not intended to limit children working in family businesses,91裸聊视频� Peacock said.

The business group is expecting further changes to employment standards in the future, dealing with more sensitive areas such as hours of work, overtime and the status of contractors and part-time workers who don91裸聊视频檛 have employer-supported benefits.

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91裸聊视频淥ne thing we are definitely concerned about is the cumulative impact of all these things. The employment standards, a few pieces of the labour code, business probably can absorb that,91裸聊视频� Peacock said.

91裸聊视频淏ut you91裸聊视频檝e got changes on both those fronts in terms of labour legislation and the regulations, and then you91裸聊视频檝e the employer health tax, the minimum wage going up last year, slated to go up again in June of this year, you91裸聊视频檝e got Canada Pension Plan deductions increasing at the federal level. You start adding all these things up and you do wonder whether that91裸聊视频檚 going to have a dampening impact on job creation and employment, and whether people will opt for contracting arrangements rather than secure employment arrangements.91裸聊视频�

tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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