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COVID-19 update: The right to refuse unsafe work is not a “right to not show up for work”

The Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia (the “Board”) recently considered the issue of whether the right to refuse unsafe work protected an employee who refused to show up for work entirely due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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