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Labour protections platforms

Here's what the 2026 BC Provincial Election parties are promising.

BC NDP
  • Ban companies from using non-compete clauses to limit workers' future employment opportunities

    "Restrict non-compete clauses: Amend the Employment Standards Act to ban companies from using non-compete clauses to limit workers' future employment opportunities, while maintaining existing protections for trade secrets." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-22

  • Work with BC Cancer and firefighters to review presumptive illness coverage every three years

    "A re-elected BC NDP government would work with BC Cancer and firefighters to review presumptive illness coverage every three years, building on this year's expansion of cancer coverage. This will continue and deepen the commitments made in 2024 to ensure that firefighters, who face workplace hazards while keeping communities safe, are given the coverage that they are owed for their service.

    The regular reviews would examine emerging scientific evidence, additional occupational diseases recognized in other jurisdictions and whether B.C.'s coverage and eligibility requirements should change. Working with BC Cancer, WorkSafeBC, firefighters and other medical experts, the government would assess the evidence and bring forward regulatory changes where warranted."

    — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-23

BC Conservative
  • Review WorkSafeBC rules to accommodate changing workforces and business environments

    "Review WorkSafeBC rules to modernize policies and accommodate changing workforces and business environments." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

BC Green
  • Increase the minimum wage annually, at a rate of inflation +1%, until parity with the living wage is reached
  • Implement a pilot model of sectoral bargaining, focused on precarious workers such as migrant care workers, retail and service workers, and fast-food and food service workers

    "Implement a pilot model of sectoral bargaining following a modified version of the 1992 Baigent-Ready model updated to reflect the 2026 economy and job market. The pilot would focus on especially precarious workers with minimal access to traditional collective bargaining, including migrant care workers, retail and service workers, and fast-food and food service workers." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Index annual funding increases for the Labour Relations Board and Employment Standards Branch to inflation, and immediately increase funding for both to address ongoing issues

    "Implement indexed annual funding increases to the Labour Relations Board and Employment Standards Branch as well as immediate core-funding top-ups to address the ongoing issues with lengthy delays, administrative challenges, and growing workload." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Establish an expert panel to review backlogs, delays, and inefficiencies at the Employment Standards Branch

    "Establish an immediate expert panel to conduct a review to address the significant backlogs, delays, and inefficiencies at the Employment Standards Branch, which has struggled as an under-resourced and under-funded organization." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Commit to all public infrastructure and construction projects being Project Labour Agreements or Community Benefit Agreements

    "Commit to all public infrastructure and construction projects being Project Labour Agreements or Community Benefit Agreements to ensure the work and wealth produced by these projects stays close to home and with the communities and workers that build them." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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  • Develop a labour market impact assessment and strategy to respond to structural challenges from AI and new technologies

    "Develop a labour market impact assessment and strategy, in conjunction with business, unions, young people and academics, to respond to the structural employment challenges of AI and new technologies. This will include supports for workers displaced by new technologies, strategies for ensuring roles are available for young and inexperienced workers, and a review of how our employment insurance and social assistance systems need to adjust, such as moving to Universal Basic Income." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

    "Ban the use of AI for surveillance of workers at all jobsites. Work with labour groups to develop a comprehensive plan to address unemployment related to AI automation." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Ban the use of AI for surveillance of workers on all jobsites

    "Ban the use of AI for surveillance of workers at all jobsites. Work with labour groups to develop a comprehensive plan to address unemployment related to AI automation." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Direct WorkSafeBC to set enforceable wildfire smoke protections for workers

    "Direct WorkSafeBC to establish enforceable wildfire smoke protections for workers, including airquality action levels, maximum exposure periods, requirements for employers to make appropriate protective equipment available, measures to modify or reschedule work, stop-work thresholds for non-essential outdoor work, and protection from reprisal for workers who raise air-quality concerns. These standards will recognize that some parts of BC can experience prolonged periods of wildfire smoke and focus on giving workers and employers the tools to protect health while allowing essential work and economic activity to continue safely." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Update the existing Pay Transparency legislation to implement Pay Equity, mirroring what's already in place for federal workers

    "Upgrade the existing Pay Transparency legislation to implement Pay Equity, mirroring that already in place for federal workers, and ensuring all working people in BC, no matter their gender or race, receive equal pay for equal work." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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