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Who is exempt from registering with WorkSafeBC
You don't have to register if:
- You're the owner or occupier of a private residence (see registration
information for Homeowners
and Residential Employers) and:
- You regularly employ a person or firm for an average of less than eight working hours a week (e.g. if you hire someone to clean your home for four hours each week)
- You employ a person or firm to provide before and after school care for your children for an average of less than 15 working hours a week
- You employ a person or firm to do a specific job or jobs for a temporary period of less than 24 working hours (e.g. if you hire someone to paint your house and the job takes 20 hours). In determining how long a job takes, it is the total person-hours for the job that is relevant. For example, if three workers work for nine hours each, WorkSafeBC considers that job to be for a period of 27 hours.
- You or your spouse own an unincorporated business and don't employ workers (spouses include common-law and same sex spouses)
- You own an incorporated personal financial holding company and don't employ workers other than the principal shareholders. In this case, the activities of your company are restricted to the management of personal investments such as:
- Investments in publicly-traded stocks and bonds
- Interest bearing financial instruments such as Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs)
- Non-revenue producing land, buildings and/or equipment where there is no development, construction or direct rental activity