Employment Standards Overview (On-Demand - CPABC)
Overview
This seminar provides an overview introduction to key provisions of the BC Employment Standards Act (“ESA”), with emphasis on new obligations and commonly misunderstood requirements.
Access expires 180 days from purchase date |
Applicable for
Content
In this session, you will learn:
- essential ESA compliance requirements, and how to formulate solutions
- potential ESA liabilities to contractors
- overtime entitlements and the scope of exclusions, e.g. managers, CPAs
- statutory holiday pay requirements
- wage and severance liability on sale/transfer of a business
- maternity/parental leave obligations, including the duty to reinstate
- vacation accrual rules, including vacation pay on non-base pay
- ESA termination provisions and how they relate to other termination liabilities
Course Content Created: December 2025
The information is current as of the creation or last updated date. While we strive to keep our inventory updated and periodically remove outdated titles, changes in accounting, tax, legislation and technology may occur. Purchasers should note the date and verify for themselves if the course is still relevant to their needs.Presenter
Geoffrey Howard, LL.B.About This Product
On-Demand Courses by CPABC are recordings from live seminars, made available with any corresponding handout material, where available.These titles are eligible for Verifiable CPD Hours – in order to claim these hours as verifiable, you will be required to successfully complete a short quiz. You will be able to print or save your electronic certificate of completion.
These titles are eligible for Verifiable CPD Hours – in order to claim these hours as verifiable, you will be required to successfully complete a short quiz. You will be able to print or save your electronic certificate of completion.
How to get started
Upon completion of purchase, go to mylms.bccpa.ca and log in using your CPABC Online Services credentials. Click “Go to your Courses and Materials” to go to your Learning Center, then find and click on your course title.
Course Dates & Registration
- 2.75
- CPD Hours
- 0
- Ethics Hours
- 0
- AML Hours
- 5
- Credits
Starting April 1, 2026, a 2.1% fee will be applied to all credit card transactions. Learn more about this fee and how it relates to PD registrations.
Employment Standards Overview (On-Demand - CPABC)
- 2.75
- CPD Hours
- 0
- Ethics Hours
- 0
- AML Hours
- 5
- Credits
Overview
This seminar provides an overview introduction to key provisions of the BC Employment Standards Act (“ESA”), with emphasis on new obligations and commonly misunderstood requirements.
Access expires 180 days from purchase date |
Applicable for
Content
In this session, you will learn:
- essential ESA compliance requirements, and how to formulate solutions
- potential ESA liabilities to contractors
- overtime entitlements and the scope of exclusions, e.g. managers, CPAs
- statutory holiday pay requirements
- wage and severance liability on sale/transfer of a business
- maternity/parental leave obligations, including the duty to reinstate
- vacation accrual rules, including vacation pay on non-base pay
- ESA termination provisions and how they relate to other termination liabilities
Course Content Created: December 2025
The information is current as of the creation or last updated date. While we strive to keep our inventory updated and periodically remove outdated titles, changes in accounting, tax, legislation and technology may occur. Purchasers should note the date and verify for themselves if the course is still relevant to their needs.Presenter
Geoffrey Howard, LL.B.About This Product
On-Demand Courses by CPABC are recordings from live seminars, made available with any corresponding handout material, where available.These titles are eligible for Verifiable CPD Hours – in order to claim these hours as verifiable, you will be required to successfully complete a short quiz. You will be able to print or save your electronic certificate of completion.
These titles are eligible for Verifiable CPD Hours – in order to claim these hours as verifiable, you will be required to successfully complete a short quiz. You will be able to print or save your electronic certificate of completion.
How to get started
Upon completion of purchase, go to mylms.bccpa.ca and log in using your CPABC Online Services credentials. Click “Go to your Courses and Materials” to go to your Learning Center, then find and click on your course title.
Course Dates & Registration
Starting April 1, 2026, a 2.1% fee will be applied to all credit card transactions. Learn more about this fee and how it relates to PD registrations.