Posts by Bethany Hastie

About Bethany Hastie

Bethany Hastie is an Assistant Professor at the Peter A Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia.

COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for a living wage

Jan 11, 2022

With the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, news stories sounding the alarm over worker shortages are once again on the rise. And, like previous waves, these news stories are focused almost exclusively on workers in low-wage, precarious jobs. These jobs service large parts of the Canadian economy that are now being recognized as… View Article

What do recent changes to the Employment Standards Act mean for BC workers?

Mar 26, 2020

By Bethany Hastie

The current COVID-19 pandemic and responses to it have shone a light on the depth and breadth of precarious labour in BC, across Canada, and internationally. For many workers, the variety of restrictions and responses imposed, while integral to an effective response to the pandemic, have placed already precarious employment in further jeopardy. Many workers… View Article

BC Labour Code amendments: A foundation to strengthen worker rights?

May 6, 2019

By Bethany Hastie

The first comprehensive review of BC’s Labour Code in over a quarter of a century has resulted in changes to the law to strengthen protections and collective bargaining rights for workers. In addition to requiring a review of the Code every five years, the changes will: Strengthen successorship rights for workers in identified industries that are… View Article

Human Rights Commission has opportunity to change workplace culture around sexual harassment

Jan 25, 2019

By Bethany Hastie

Sexual harassment in the workplace has been a focus of recent talk and action, spurred on by the #MeToo movement. As one of many ways in which women continue to experience inequality at work, more needs to be done to prevent and address workplace sexual harassment. The forthcoming BC Human Rights Commission is well-positioned to… View Article

Three ways BC can make it easier for precarious workers to unionize

Aug 22, 2018

By Bethany Hastie and Daniel Mare

The BC Labour Relations Code is being reviewed for the first time in over 15 years. Since the last comprehensive review, which took place in 2003, workers’ rights under the Code have been continuously eroded. The current review presents an important opportunity to reverse this trend by improving access to unionization for workers across the… View Article

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Posts by Bethany Hastie

About Bethany Hastie

COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for a living wage

What do recent changes to the Employment Standards Act mean for BC workers?

BC Labour Code amendments: A foundation to strengthen worker rights?

Human Rights Commission has opportunity to change workplace culture around sexual harassment

Three ways BC can make it easier for precarious workers to unionize