Workers Compensation Act Jurisdiction Canada - British Columbia Year 1979 Published in English Source Canadian OSH Legislation CD-ROM, CCOHS, 250 Main Street East, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 1H6, Canada, 1992. 87p. Serial number R.S. Chap.437 Descriptors [Primary] British Columbia, Canada, workmen's compensation [Secondary] deafness, first aid, fishing, law, rehabilitation, responsibilities of employers, schedule of occupational diseases Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract This law (assented to on 28 June 1989, consolidated to 3 Nov. 1989) consists of two parts. Part I: scope of the Act (essentially all employers and workers not under federal jurisdiction, except for casual workers, performing artists, outworkers, members under 19yrs of age of the employer's family and the spouse of the employer, employers from outside the Province who temporarily carry out business there but do not employ residents); special provisions concerning the fishing industry; compensation for personal injury, occupational disease and loss of hearing; limitations on legal actions; impossibility of waiving compensation; vocational rehabilitation; the scale of compensation, including medical aid; the accident fund and assessments on the employer; judicial procedures; obligations of consulted physicians; obligations of the employer to maintain first aid facilities; investigations and inspections; constitution and role of the Workers' Compensation Board. Part II: liability of employers in industries not within the scope of Part I. In schedules: list of industrial undertakings covered by the Act; schedule of occupational diseases (with the industries where they may be recognized); non-traumatic hearing loss, expressed as percentage of total disability. CIS No. 95-1553 Database ID 65384