VICTORIA — B.C. workers who get COVID-19 could soon have a much easier time obtaining compensation from WorkSafeBC, under proposed new changes that are being praised by organized labour but slammed by ...

British Columbia's Opposition labour critic claims it is time to change the legislation that protects workers injured on the job. Spokespeople for WorkSafeBC, the provincial Crown agency that ...

Over 15,000 claims were filed with B.C.'s workplace regulator regarding COVID-19 exposures since the first case of the virus was recorded in the province three years ago. According to data from ...

British Columbia’s workplace safety watchdog has received claims from 237 people alleging they contracted COVID-19 on the job, with more than half coming from the health care sector. Of these claims, ...

WorkSafeBC is calling on employers to improve their violence-prevention strategies after new data revealed a 25-per-cent increase in workplace claims related to violence in the past five years. In a ...

WorkSafeBC approved over 2,000 claims for work-related COVID-19 exposures by June 11 — almost 300 more than were approved in all of 2020. Claims increased in virtually every industry, with the ...

Nearly 9,000 mental health-related claims have been registered with WorkSafeBC since the organization expanded its coverage to include these issues in 2012. It’s still “a small percentage of all of ...

Coquitlam area teachers want Fraser Health to do more to alert them about COVID-19 cases and to prioritize them for vaccinations.Getty New WorkSafeBC data shows a 250% increase in occupational ...

A CBC News investigation has uncovered questionable methods used by WorkSafeBC to avoid compensating workers for costly injuries. "They're trying to force me to go on welfare," says former tow truck ...

Young workers in the construction sector were the third-highest group to file an accepted WorkSafeBC claim in 2021.sturti/E+/Getty Images Summer job season is here. With it, comes a warning from ...

VANCOUVER – Approximately 24 claims have been filed by employees working in the downtown area on the night of the Stanley Cup riot. Megan Johnston with WorkSafeBC says half of the claims involve ...