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Friday, February 19, 2021 12:30 PM
We all know about or have personally felt the effects of the forestry industry’s downturn over the last few years.
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Saturday, February 13, 2021 8:30 AM
A new employer representative, Lorna Pawluk, QC, has been appointed to WorkSafeBC’s board of directors for a two-year term, bringing to the job a strong background and a long track record of advancing worker health and safety.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020 9:30 AM
As we come to the end of this difficult year, I am reflecting on how the pandemic has highlighted the courage and importance of working people.
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Sunday, September 20, 2020 9:00 AM
The Ministry of Labour will begin a focused engagement with stakeholders about contract tendering in B.C.’s forestry sector to identify improvements that will support the long-term stability of jobs and economic recovery in the sector.
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Saturday, September 19, 2020 10:15 AM
Temporary foreign workers who come to B.C. to work will be better protected now that the employers who want to hire these workers will be required to register with the Province as of Dec. 15, 2020.
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Monday, September 7, 2020 7:00 AM
Premier John Horgan has issued the following statement to recognize Labour Day:
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Wednesday, September 2, 2020 12:15 PM
The Province has protected jobs and workers impacted by COVID-19 with an online variance application that simplified the process to extend temporary layoffs, resulting in the approval of more than 500 variances that protect more than 9,100 jobs across a variety of economic sectors.
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Monday, August 31, 2020 1:00 PM
Harry Bains, Minister of Labour, has issued the following statement regarding the release of a report reviewing B.C.’s unionized hotel sector as a result of COVID-19:
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020 11:00 AM
Harry Bains, Minister of Labour, has issued the following statement on the release of Janet Patterson’s report, New Directions: Report of the Workers’ Compensation Board Review, 2019:
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Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:00 AM
This summer, our government has taken action to provide the most significant improvements to the Workers Compensation Act (WCA) in more than two decades. The current pandemic has highlighted the need for modernization, for stronger occupational health and safety protections and a more balanced workers’ compensation system. The bill we passed this summer drew on several expert reports that had feedback from employers, workers, as well as experts in workers’ compensation systems.
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