An employer that made a job offer to a candidate, only to rescind it two weeks later before he started, has been …
British Columbia
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WorkSafeBC has announced that the preliminary average base premium rate for employers will remain unchanged at 1.55 percent of assessable payroll in …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
B.C. kicks in $9 million to expand Foundry’s youth employment program
More young people facing barriers to employment or education in British Columbia will soon benefit from an expanded employment program provided by …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Work stoppage averted for Richmond, B.C., boating production workers, machinists
A union representing 320 production workers, machinists and maintenance personnel for a boating manufacturing company in Richmond, B.C., say it has averted …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Musculoskeletal injuries leading to significant time-loss claims, says WorkSafeBC
Musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) have resulted in over $2 billion in claim costs over the past five years, WorkSafeBC reports. The agency is …
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Nearly 400 workers at Highline Mushrooms farms in British Columbia have joined the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) 1518, marking the …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Dispute at B.C. ports may reignite over employers’ push on automation: expert
An expert says a narrowly averted labour stoppage at British Columbia ports could re-emerge despite federal intervention unless the core issue of …
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Employment Law
B.C. Court of Appeal upholds termination clause for former Harbour Air Seaplanes executive
The former vice-president of maintenance operations at Harbour Air Seaplanes has lost his appeal of a wrongful dismissal ruling in front of the British …
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Child actors in British Columbia’s recorded entertainment industry now have two options for safeguarding a portion of their earnings, thanks to a …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Strike notice by B.C. ship and dock foremen contravenes the Canada Labour Code: CIRB
The BC Maritime Employers Association says it has rescinded an industry-wide lockout notice after the Canada Industrial Relations Board found a looming …