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See the People’s Law School website for more on [https://www.peopleslawschool.ca/everyday-legal-problems/work/getting-paid/earning-minimum-wage the minimum wage in BC]. | See the People’s Law School website for more on [https://www.peopleslawschool.ca/everyday-legal-problems/work/getting-paid/earning-minimum-wage the minimum wage in BC]. | ||
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Workers covered by BC’s employment standards law are entitled to overtime wages if they work more than eight hours per day or 40 hours per week. (There is one exception: if they agree to average their hours. This is explained below.) | |||
If you agree, your employer may establish a "time bank" in which your overtime entitlement would be saved up and paid out at a later date. | |||
See the People’s Law School website for more information on [https://www.peopleslawschool.ca/everyday-legal-problems/work/getting-paid/hours-work-and-working-overtime hours of work and working overtime]. | |||
===Overtime pay=== | ===Overtime pay=== |