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British Columbia compliance evidence

Compliance that proves itself

Fire Safety, Health & Safety, Food Safety, Liquor Compliance, and Employment Compliance. Duty Room keeps the recurring checks, records, and evidence for each in one place. Head office sees what's current at every site.

Compliance evidence for every BC site you run

BC premises answer to more inspectors than most operators expect: the fire department, WorkSafeBC officers, the regional health authority, LCRB inspectors, and the Employment Standards Branch. Each one asks for records, and those records usually sit in binders, inboxes, and spreadsheets, in a different place at every site.

Duty Room is the compliance evidence platform for premises that get inspected. It covers the areas BC inspects: the BC Fire Code and the Fire Safety Act, WorkSafeBC safety duties, FOODSAFE certification, Serving It Right and your LCRB licence, and Employment Standards Act records. It keeps every site's recurring checks and records in one place. Any location can show it's current the day an inspector turns up, and head office sees which sites are ready and which need chasing.

The cost of getting it wrong

Maximum corporate administrative penalty1
$50,000
Separate penalties can apply for each day specified non-compliance continues
Average WorkSafeBC administrative penalty2
$75,000
Average food safety fine3
$5,000
Plus closure risk and public disclosure
Average revenue lost per LCRB licence suspension4
$55,000
Excludes legal costs, staff attrition, and reputational damage
Average Employment Standards determination5
$8,500
Plus back-pay orders and potential director liability

1. The fire commissioner may impose an administrative penalty for failure to comply with a fire inspector's order or preventive evacuation order, or with specified requirements to produce records or information. The maximum is $25,000 for an individual and $50,000 for a corporation; a separate penalty may be imposed for each day the failure or contravention continues. Separately, a local authority or the fire commissioner may evacuate premises only if conditions are such that a fire would endanger life and the owner has failed to comply with a fire inspector's order. The Act replaced the Fire Services Act on 1 August 2024. Source: Fire Safety Act (SBC 2016, c. 19), ss. 14 and 33; Fire Safety Regulation (B.C. Reg. 248/2024), ss. 3 and 4.

2. Median administrative penalty across WorkSafeBC enforcement actions for hospitality and food-service employers, 2020–2025. Penalties can reach $765,000 for repeat high-risk violations. Source: WorkSafeBC penalty and prosecution data.

3. Typical fine for food safety violations under the Food Safety Act. Maximum penalties reach $200,000 for individuals and $500,000 for corporations. Source: Food Safety Act (SBC 2002, c. 28), s. 26.

4. Based on 21-day mean LCRB suspension duration (enforcement actions, 2019–2025) applied to $960,000 average annual revenue per food-service establishment (Statistics Canada, NAICS 7225, BC). Source: LCRB enforcement decisions; Statistics Canada business statistics.

5. Mean monetary determination across 412 Employment Standards Branch complaint resolutions, 2022–2025. Source: BC Employment Standards Branch annual statistical reports.

How it works

Set up, record, keep current

1

Choose the areas you track

Browse blueprints for fire safety, food safety, health and safety, and more. Turn on the ones you want to keep organised across your sites.

Blueprint library showing available regulations

2

Your team completes checks on any device

Each blueprint creates tasks with built-in guidance. Your team captures evidence as they work.

Check completion form showing a fire alarm test in progress

3

Your proof pack stays current

Every completed check feeds into your proof pack. Export or share your records whenever someone asks.

Fire safety proof pack with timestamped evidence records

Questions & Answers

What is Duty Room?

Duty Room is a compliance evidence platform. It keeps the records that prove each BC site is compliant in one place, current and easy to find.

What kinds of business is it for?

Any BC site that gets inspected: restaurants, care homes, gyms, grocery stores, and more. If an inspector, insurer, or auditor visits, Duty Room holds the records they want.

Which compliance areas does it cover in BC?

Five areas, each tied to a specific BC program. Fire safety for the BC Fire Code and the Fire Safety Act, health and safety for WorkSafeBC and your JOHSC, food safety for FOODSAFE and the Food Premises Regulation, liquor compliance for Serving It Right and your LCRB licence, and employment compliance for Employment Standards Act records.

Is it for one site or several?

Both. You can run Duty Room for a single site, though it's built for operators with several: a record per site, plus one view of what's up to date and what's overdue across all of them.

Does Duty Room make me compliant?

Not on its own. It doesn't replace a professional assessment or your adviser's judgment. It keeps the resulting records organized and on hand, so you can prove compliance at inspection.

How is my data protected?

We host your data in AWS data centres in Canada, and it never leaves the country. You can export it at any time.

One place for recurring checks and evidence

See how Duty Room works for your industry and region.