In a significant enforcement action, WorkSafeBC has imposed a hefty fine of $29,453.95 on Carl Chandler Contracting/Celtic Construction, highlighting the critical importance of workplace safety in the ...

Labour Minister Harry Bains said the surplus in BC’s fund for injured workers keeps premiums low for employers and has improved benefits for workers. Photo via BC government. B.C.’s workers’ ...

A Surrey-based business has been fined more than $17,000 by WorkSafeBC for an unsafe worksite in Richmond. WorkSafeBC visited ...

A Surrey construction firm was hit with a sizable fine after one of its workers passed out due to carbon monoxide exposure.

A national business advocacy group is calling for WorkSafeBC to give some of its $2 billion surplus back to employers struggling with rising costs and falling consumer demand. The Canadian Federation ...

WorkSafeBC says it has handed out its highest administrative penalty ever, issuing a fine of $710,488.79 for asbestos violations at a work site in Kimberley, B.C. The agency says it inspected a ...

Farinaz Havaei, an associate professor at the University of British Columbia School of Nursing, says there is a “prevalent ...

The single largest penalty ever has been handed to a Toronto-based company that had been hired to provide demolition services, WorkSafeBC officials announced Friday. GFL Environmental Inc. must pay a ...

WorkSafeBC will return an estimated $570 million in surplus funds to employers in 2026 by deliberately setting average premium rates below the actual cost of running British Columbia’s workers’ ...

A B.C. paramedic says the province's outdated rules mean first responders who suffer psychological trauma on the job are treated like "disposable heroes". Joanne Trofanenko was shocked when WorkSafeBC ...

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 ...

B.C.’s Workers’ Compensation Board has a conundrum most would envy: what do you do with $2.7 billion? For now, the province’s Ministry of Labour says: Nothing. Over the past 10 years, WorkSafeBC has ...