B.C. Reg. 257/2004, deposited June 11, 2004, pursuant to the EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT [Section 127 (2) (a) and (d)]. Order in Council 571/2004, approved and ordered June 10, 2004.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Employment Standards Regulation, B.C. Reg. 396/95, is amended by adding the following section:

Exclusion from payment options for farm labour contractors

40.2 (1) In respect of the payment of wages to farm workers, farm labour contractors are excluded from section 20 of the Act.

(2) A farm labour contractor must pay all wages to farm workers employed by the farm labour contractor

(a) in Canadian dollars, and

(b) by deposit to the credit of the farm worker's account in a savings institution.

— G. BRUCE, Minister of Skills Development and Labour; G. COLLINS, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

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