WorkSafeBC has successfully laid regulatory charges in court in only three workplace safety cases since 1999, The Vancouver Sun has learned.
It is a marked departure from a five-year period in the late 90s when the province’s chief workplace safety agency aggressively pursued court action to specifically bring an element of public censure to convicted companies.
Instead, in a policy shift in 1999, WorkSafeBC began to rely almost entirely on administrative penalties, which hit employers in the pocket book, but don’t necessarily carry the same public reprobation.
Gord Hoekstra – Vancouver Sun – July 3, 2014
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