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What is the Duty to Maintain Employment after a Workplace Injury?
What is the Duty to Maintain Employment after a Workplace Injury? Wondering how a workplace injury impacts an employer’s legal obligation to keep a worker on the payroll? In British Columbia, legislative changes in 2024 dramatically altered the landscape for returning injured staff to the workplace. Under the British Columbia Workers Compensation Act, employers now…
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When a Party to a Workplace Investigation Goes on Medical Leave: What Employers Need to Know
When a Party to a Workplace Investigation Goes on Medical Leave: What Employers Need to Know It’s a tale most HR professionals and workplace investigators know all too well. A conflict arises, tensions escalate, and just as an investigation begins—or sometimes after it’s already underway—one of the parties goes off on medical leave. Sometimes the…
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BC Minimum Wage Increase on June 1, 2026: What Employers Should Update Now
British Columbia’s general minimum wage increases to $18.25/hour on June 1, 2026 (up from $17.85). For many employers, the risk isn’t the new minimum wage itself – it’s the ripple effects. Minimum wage issues rarely show up as a neat payroll mistake that someone catches internally. They show up later as a complaint to the…