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Our Lawyers Will Help You Fight Against WCB The lawyers at Gosal and Company specialize in providing legal services for injured workers in navigating workers compensation law. Our law firm…
Our Lawyers Will Help You Fight Against WCB The lawyers at Gosal and Company specialize in providing legal services for injured workers in navigating workers compensation law. Our law firm…
A joint post from Associate Lawyers Kali Larsen, Kate Elperin, and Manbeen Saini. As of February 1, 2022, Gosal & Company moved from a 5-day work week to a 4-day…
What is WorkSafeBC Personal Optional Protection? Personal Optional Protection (“POP”) coverage is an optional workplace disability insurance that protects self-employed proprietors and partners in a partnership.[1] Proprietors and partners are…
Are you experiencing psychological symptoms (such as depression or PTSD) after a workplace injury? With work incidents having mental health effects as well as physical effects, it is very common…
Can you file a WorkSafeBC claim when contracting COVID-19 at work? A total of 1,132 people have filed COVID-19 claims with WorkSafeBC, according to WorkSafe claims data. Only 379 of…
On July 14, 2020, Harry Bains, BC’s Minister of Labour, introduced Bill 23 – the Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2020. If approved, Bill 23 will change the existing law under the…
I was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. I graduated from Sir Winston Churchill Secondary in 1984, then obtained my Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science from the University…
Unless WorkSafeBC has explicitly accepted a physical or psychological condition in a decision letter, you will likely not receive compensation (a permanent disability award).Objective findings diagnosed and documents on CT…
Can I sue my employer for my workplace injury? Usually the answer is no. However, under section 10 of the Workers Compensation Act (Act), if a worker’s injury is caused by a defect…
Read each decision letter sent to you. The standard appeal lines in a decision letter from WorkSafeBC states: “If you disagree with this decision, you can ask the Review Division to…