What is the threshold that a complainant must meet to be successful in a workplace injury claim?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Adair v. Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission, 2016 BCHRT 129 (CanLII):
The threshold that a complainant must meet is low: a complainant need only show that the evidence presented takes the claim out of the realm of conjecture or speculation. See: Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal v. Hill, 2011 BCCA 49, at para. 27.
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