Terry is an active researcher, speaker and commentator on workers compensation issues. Now retired, he was the Director of Corporate Planning and Development for WorkSafeBC. His responsibilities included environmental scanning, strategic planning and inter-jurisdictional comparisons. Terry says of himself: I am a student of workers’ compensation systems. Many years ago I discovered two things about this area. First, workers’ comp and OH&S are of vital importance to people. Protecting, caring for and providing compensation to workers are important, noble and morally responsible endeavors. The second thing I learned was that no matter how much I knew about workers' comp/OH&S, there was always so much more to learn. This is an endlessly challenging area of study. My purpose, therefore, is not to lecture, but to reflect on the ideas and issues that are topical in this area... and to invite others to share in a learning experience. By adding your knowledge and insights, others with similar interests can participate in the discovery and study of this important domain.

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Do Employers Need a Workplace Contact Tracing Plan or App?

• 11/02/20

If you are an employer, you have a positive duty to protect workers from harm.  Industry-specific guidelines on how to do that in the COVID-19 environment are now published by occupational safety and ...
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Do employers need a workplace Contact Tracing plan or app?

• 08/24/20

If you are an employer, you have a positive duty to protect workers from harm.  Industry-specific guidelines on how to do that in the COVID-19 environment are now published by occupational safety and ...
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Are workers getting workers' compensation for work-related COVID-19 illness?

• 07/27/20

Workers contracting the COVID-19 virus in the course of their employment are claiming workers’ compensation.  Just how many workers’ compensation claims for work-related coronavirus ...
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Are Workers' Comp Insurers ready for what comes next in the COVID-19 crisis?

• 05/27/20

Supplemental background for students of DMCCJ – Workers’ Compensation and Return to Work and DMCCL- Insurance and Other Benefits – Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health ...
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Should workplace health and safety go back to "normal"?

• 05/15/20

Let me be emphatic:  a pandemic was inevitable.  Maybe not this COVID-19 virus pandemic but a pandemic involving a virus with close-contact transmission and serious ...
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How prepared are workers' compensation systems for COVID-19?

• 03/26/20

Regardless of the workers’ compensation model (private insurance, competitive state fund, exclusive state fund), every insurer has to prepare for the unexpected. Afterall, insurance is the transfers ...
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Workers’ Compensation: What's payroll got to do with it?

• 12/30/19

“Payroll” used to have a simple meaning.  According to the Online Etymology Dictionary: payroll (n.)1740, from pay (v.) + roll (n.); "total amount paid to employees ...
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Illusionary Safety: Are you just playing a role?

• 12/01/19

A theatrical production only works as entertainment to the extent of the audience’s willingness to suspend its skepticism, ignore reality and buy into the illusion.   Despite the drama and ...
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Does everybody have a side gig? And what does that mean for Workers’ Comp and OH&S?

• 05/20/19

“I can’t do it, Matt.  I am boarding a flight to Seattle.  I have a DJ gig Saturday night so there is no way I can be back on site this weekend.”    You ...
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