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Are extended 3rd party health care benefits mandatory in BC? Can your employer force you to enroll in & pay for extended Healthcare benefits when not all employers provide benefit options & if they do there are multiple providers. (Like Sunlife) Healthcare is free in BC.

I work in a nursing home as a staffing scheduler. The nursing home was bought out by Jarlettes January 1, 2025. I am on salary there, I’ve worked there for 5.5 years. I signed a contract that states that I get 5 weeks vacation with pay each year during your employment accumulating at a rate of 2.08 per month. Vacation pay shall be calculated at a rate of 10% of base salary. But I am now being told that we won’t get any vacation pay until we have been there for 1 year.

I am retiring at the end of June. My employer has told me that I have to take my earned vacation before I retire. The vacation period goes from January 1st to December 31st . I get 5 weeks of holidays and year. Can my employer force me to take my holidays prior to retirement so that he doesn't have to pay me out?

My employer ( school us company, no union) suspended me for 5 days. I found out accidentally thru our dispatch when they inquired about my bus route. I am back to work. I did not and have not received anything g official staring I was suspended nor have I signed anything My question is, should I not have received something official regarding the suspension and now thar it's over, am I obligated to sign any paper work the company puts forward regarding the suspension now that it's completed?

I was terminated, effective immediately after 13 years in a supervisor position. company stated that it is due to restructuring its operations. They have offered me 25 weeks of pay with a deadline to sign it or will expire. My salary is $58,000. Is this a good deal?