A CBC News analysis has found that companies in British Columbia who are found to have violated safety laws in cases involving a workplace fatality pay the lowest median fines in Canada. stands out from the rest of Canada when it comes to penalties imposed against companies for workplace safety violations in connection with worker fatalities. the median administrative fines going back to 2013, as well a handful of cases dealt with through the courts was $26,563. The federation has long called for stiffer fines and penalties in connection to workplace deaths. CBC News requested records on workplace safety-related convictions (administrative penalties in B.C.

Source: CBC News November 30, 2017 06:53 UTC