No Excessive Hours
As a live-in caregiver, you cannot be required to work excessive hours
or hours that are harmful to your health or safety.
Caregivers are also entitled to have 8 hours off between shifts unless they are required to work because of an emergency.
Can the employer split shifts?
An employer is entitled to split your work shift as long as the split shift is completed within 12 hours of starting work.
For example, if the employer wants to split an8 hour work shift into two 4 hour shifts and you start the first shift at 7 am, he or she should finish
the second shift by 7 pm at the latest.
Therefore, if you begin the first 4 hour shift at 7 am and finish at 11 am, the latest possible time he or she could start the second 4 hour shift is 3 pm in order to finish by 7pm.
Am I entitled to statutory holiday pay?
You are entitled to statutory holiday pay if you have been employed for at least 30 calendar days and worked at minimum of 15 of the 30 days before the statutory holiday.
If you work under an averaging a greement, you do not have to meet the 15 day minimum. Statutory holiday pay means your day off will be paid an average day’s pay.
If you work on a statutory holiday, you will be paid time-and-a-half for the
first 12 hours worked, double-time after 12 hours and an average day’s pay.
An average day’s pay will be calculated as the total regular earnings (not including overtime pay) divided by the number of days worked in the previous 30 calendar days prior to the statutory holiday.
There are nine statutory holidays in BC: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, BC Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, and Christmas Day.