Some changes this session, but major changes to make system more ‘worker centric’ not coming soon.
Andrew MacLeod | Feb 24, 2020 | TheTyee.ca
The B.C. government will make some changes to workers’ compensation legislation in the next few months, but it will leave finishing the job for later.
Labour Minister Harry Bains said he has four reports and a stack of recommendations to consider. The most recent, which he received in October, is a major report from retired labour lawyer Janet Patterson, who was appointed by the government to review the system and recommend changes to make it more worker-centred.
Bains said some changes are coming during the current session of the legislature, which is scheduled to end in May, but they won’t be based on the Patterson report.