Regulations
PST Update for Businesses Located Outside BC
Effective April 1, 2021, certain businesses located outside BC that are currently not required to be registered to collect and remit PST must be registered if they meet specific criteria. Businesses from outside BC that sell software for devices used in BC are affected, for example.
The updated PST Bulletin includes the following guidance:
You must also register to collect and remit PST if you are located outside BC…but within Canada and do all the following in the ordinary course of your business:
Trucking HR Canada: Workplace Harassment & Violence Training Tutorial
Join Trucking HR Canada on February 10, 9 am to noon (Pacific Time) for a webinar explaining how its suite of training resources will help you comply with new Canada Labour Code requirements.
THRC online training, developed in partnership with Labour Canada, is ready to serve your HR needs and meeting training requirements in the new Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations.
The hour-long webinar that will walk you through:
Have you Visited the Learning Centre?
Trucking HR Canada has developed tools to help federally regulated companies comply with workplace violence and harassment prevention rules, including training requirements for employers, employees and “designated recipients” – a work unit (e.g., a health and safety committee) or person named to receive notices about harassment or violence in the workplace. Access these tools now in the Learning Centre!
The Learning Centre provides three self-paced courses, approximately one hour each, that cover:
Autotarp Pilot Successfully Concludes – Length Allowances to Continue
In response to member concerns about worker safety that BCTA presented to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, BC allowed length exceptions for the use of “autotarp” systems for a one-year trial. That trial is now concluded with favorable results.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement branch released an amended Compliance Circular on January 29, 2021, to notify staff and industry that the length allowances for autotarp systems continue pending further notice.
BCTA Hosts ELD Webinar – New Date Added
You’re invited! BCTA members are welcome to attend an Electronic Logging Device Webinar on Friday, February 5, 2021, from 1 to 2 pm. Our first offering on February 3is now full.
Join us if you are interested in learning about the ELD mandate for federally regulated carriers that comes into force on June 12, 2021.
BCTA Hosts ELD Webinar – New Date Added
You’re invited! BCTA members are welcome to attend an Electronic Logging Device Webinar on Friday, February 5, 2021, from 1 to 2 pm. Our first offering on February 3is now full.
Join us if you are interested in learning about the ELD mandate for federally regulated carriers that comes into force on June 12, 2021.
Responding to Workplace Harassment & Violence: Who or What is the Designated Recipient?
By Marisha Tardif, Trucking HR Canada
Federally regulated employers will have new obligations to address workplace harassment and violence starting on January 1, 2021. Making sense of what’s required under these changes to the Canada Labour Code can be a challenge. What’s more, the Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations introduce many concepts and practices that might be new and unfamiliar.