There are many grey areas when it comes to employees moving from one company to another in British Columbia. While you may be concerned about another company poaching staff who are valuable to your business, it would be naive to expect a former employee to forget...
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Month: February 2018
Workplace injury: WorkSafeBC seeks to limit construction injuries
On Behalf of Overholt Law LLP | Feb 20, 2018 | Workplace Injuries
Construction company owners in British Columbia who disregard the safety and health of employees in favour of maximizing profits may not realize that injured workers will adversely affect the bottom line. Instead, proactive steps can avoid instances of workplace...
Data analysis may prevent but not eliminate workplace injury
On Behalf of Overholt Law LLP | Feb 8, 2018 | Workplace Injuries
Construction work sites are known hazardous areas at which employers are expected to protect the health and safety of employees. However, construction site accidents continue to occur in British Columbia, and safety authorities are looking at ways in which to change...
Workplace accident: 44 construction workers died in 2017
On Behalf of Overholt Law LLP | Feb 6, 2018 | Workplace Accidents
Safety advocates expressed their concern about the rate of fatalities in the construction industry. At the annual commemoration of a 1981 workplace accident in Vancouver when a construction platform collapsed, surviving family members of four workers who died there...