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Farm Labour Contractor
The following is meant solely to help the reader understand the main features of primary regulations governing this activity, and not meant in any way to provide a legal interpretation.
Employment Standards Act and Regulation:
In British Columbia, Farm Labour Contractors must be licensed under the Employment Standards Act.
A licensed Farm Labour Contractor is the employer of the farm workers who perform work for that contractor.
A contractor who operates solely in silviculture or in spraying or pruning trees does not have to be licensed. Agricultural producers are not required to be licensed as Farm Labour Contractors if they are only hiring people to pick crops on their own land.
Farm Labour Contractors Fact Sheet:
http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/facshts/farm_labour_contractors.htm
Farm Workers Fact Sheet:
http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/facshts/farm_worker.htm
Primary Contact
Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services
Employment Standards Branch
#101 - 10475 138 Street,
Surrey, BC V3T 4K4
Phone (604) 586-4251
Facsimile: (604) 586-4249
Website: http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/welcome.htm
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