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Amendments to Mental Disorder Presumption Regulation
Emergency dispatchers, nurses and publicly funded health-care assistants will have easier access to workers’ compensation for mental-health disorders that come from work-related trauma with regulatory…
Great news for firefighters: BCPFFA
Proposed legislative amendments announced April 11 will allow wildfire fighters, fire investigators and firefighters working for First Nations and other Indigenous organizations in British Columbia…
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…
3 facts you need to know
About BC Firefighters’ Annual Visit to Victoria By Bill Bennett Kootenay East MLA 1. Every year at the B.C. Legislature during the Fallen Fire Fighter…
Anti-bullying and harassment policy help
As of November 1, 2013, B.C. businesses have new obligations under the Workers Compensation Act to take action to prevent bullying and harassment in the…
Recognition of heart disease in B.C. firefighters restored
The Government of British Columbia yesterday tabled legislation under the Workers Compensation Act to restore heart disease in firefighters as a presumptive disease recognized by…