What a *glorious* day in Vancouver, BC!!  I must admit I’ve spent most of this morning thinking and planning my upcoming vacation this summer and I imagine most of you already have a general idea of when you are taking your vacation and where you’d like to go.  However,
have you told your manager/controller when you [...]

A regular reader enjoyed our post on vacation entitlement but laughed at the idea of actually being able to take 2-3 solid weeks of vacation.  He personally has accrued some 10 weeks vacation and during these recessionary times he is wondering if he could actually be paid the cash (instead of taking the vacation days).  [...]

As I was working with a client this week on their 2009 operating plans, one of the executives casually included a standard of living increase of 4.5% for staff.  I have to say I really struggled with this.
Is it appropriate for small companies to be planning for raises in 2009 during a global recession?
In a [...]

I was recently asked if it was OK to increase the vacation entitlement for an employee who had been with the company for a long time.  As this question came from a Vancouver based company I will answer in the context of the BC Employment Standards Act.  The simple answer is: Yes!
Actually, the Employment Standards [...]