Exclusions from Minimum Hours Requirements - Regulation Part 7, Section 43
Last updated on September 6, 2019Contents:
Summary
Text of Legislation
Policy Interpretation
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Summary
This regulation explains when s.34 of the Act (Minimum daily hours) does not apply to post-secondary students.
Text of Legislation
43. Section 34 of the Act does not apply to a post-secondary student who is enrolled in one of the following bodies and is employed by that body:
(a) a university;
(b) a vocational school;
(c) an institution as defined in the College and Institute Act;
(d) the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Policy Interpretation
Post secondary students employed by the institution in which they are enrolled are not entitled to the minimum daily hours provisions under s.34 of the Act. There is no minimum daily number of hours that an employer of such students must pay.
For information on “practicum”, refer to Related Topics in the definition of “work” under s.1 of the Act. A student engaged in a practicum is not considered to be performing ‘work’ for purposes of the Act.
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College and Institute Act