Two construction firms involved in the death of a worker at the Oakridge redevelopment in Vancouver have been fined more than $627,000 for several “high risk violations,” including failing to keep ...

A B.C. developer was fined over $80,000 after a workplace safety violation in Abbotsford involving a concrete pour.

WorkSafeBC has issued more than $1.2 million in fines to Ontario-based construction giant EllisDon Corp. for three separate ...

Vancouver construction firms had a total of $1.3M in penalties levied against them after crane accidents, including one that was fatal.

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’ ...

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 ...

WorkSafeBC has posted a new guide, posters, and a video addressing hazards specific to craft-brewing and distilling processes, including carbon dioxide and confined spaces. Mar 21, 2019 WorkSafeBC ...

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 ...

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 has fined Harrison Hot Springs resort $105,078 for workplace safety violations. WorkSafeBC stated in a Sep. 24 order it had “inspected this firm's workplace and issued orders for several ...

B.C. employers will face annual WorkSafeBC premium increases of at least five per cent for the next several years after the Crown corporation’s income plunged by $900 million last year. The income ...

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 ...