Changes to the Workers Compensation Act will add eight more cancers to the workers’ compensation cancer presumptions for firefighters. The provincial government is amending the…
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B.C. expands cancer coverage for firefighters
The B.C. government is amending the Firefighters’ Occupational Disease Regulation under the Workers Compensation Act (WCA) by adding two cancers – pancreatic and thyroid –…
B.C. expanding cancer coverage for firefighters
B.C. firefighters will soon have easier access to workers’ compensation benefits and support services in recognition of their higher risk of developing work-related cancers. The…
B.C. to add more cancer coverage for firefighters
The provincial government intends to move ahead with an amendment to the Firefighters Occupational Disease Regulation under the Workers Compensation Act to add presumptions for…