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The Hospital Employees' Union eventually won a related Supreme Court of Canada case in 2007. The court's decision established that union bargaining is a constitutional right. [ 3 ] The court win led to a negotiated settlement with the provincial government which paid up to $85 million to former HEU members who lost their jobs.
The Workers Compensation Act [3] assigns the authority to make the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation of British Columbia. [4] WorkSafeBC's authority over the occupational health and safety of workers does not extend to: Mines, which are under the authority of the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines
At issue was the constitutionality of Part 2 of the Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act, SBC 2002, c 2, enacted by the government of British Columbia.The Act purported to modify existing collective agreements: as described by the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada, "Part 2 gave health care employers greater flexibility to organize their relations with their employees as ...
Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is a publicly funded health service provider in the province of British Columbia.PHSA is unique in Canada as the only health authority having a province-wide mandate for specialized health services, although within British Columbia the First Nations Health Authority is also non-regional and highly dispersed.
Workers' compensation or workers' comp is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence. The trade-off between assured, limited coverage and lack of ...
As of April 2005, Health Insurance BC is the new name for administrative operations of the Medical Services Plan (MSP) and PharmaCare, including Fair PharmaCare. On 16 September 2016, Michael de Jong , Minister of Finance for British Columbia announced that the government will spend $500 million on housing affordability , while also canceling ...
The Pacific Blue Cross health foundation supports organizations throughout British Columbia that help improve health outcomes. Notable initiatives of Pacific Blue Cross include Text-Blue-Wish [6] in support of the Children's Wish Foundation of Canada and Share the Care which celebrated their 75th anniversary by donating $75,000.
The Ministry of Health is a department of the Government of British Columbia which oversees the provincial healthcare system. It manages services including the Medical Services Plan , HealthLinkBC , and the PharmaCare program.