WHEREAS gas station attendants working after dark are at risk from customers who drive their vehicles away without paying for gas they have received at fuel pumps; AND WHEREAS gas station attendants must activate fuel pumps without safely ensuring that customers will pay for their gas before they drive their vehicles away: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of BC Municipalities ask the provincial government to enact legislation requiring customers to pay for their gas before fuel pumps are activated after dark.
Ministry of Labour and Citizens Services In October 2006 the Honourable Olga Ilich, Minister of Labour and Citizens Services, joined the DePatie and Crellin families to announce Grants Law a mandatory pre-payment system at service stations in urban areas that will be implemented to help protect employees who work at night. Government has called upon WorkSafeBC to address this issue through regulation and also accelerate plans for regulations that specifically address the orientation and training needs of new workers, including those at service stations. Government is constantly striving to ensure safe workplaces for all workers and this pre-payment law, combined with new training and education for service station workers, is a positive step toward that goal.