| Year Funded: 2011 | Budget: | Funding Agency: Institute for Work & Health (IWH), Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario |
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| Title: | Economic Evaluation of Health and Safety Programs: A Training Workshop for Workplace Parties (IWH Project 1220) | |
| Category: | Occupational Disease, Injury and Health Services | |
| Subcategory: | Occupational Health Services | |
| Keywords: | economic evaluation, occupational health and safety, cost benefit | |
| Link to research website: | www.iwh.on.ca | |
Issue:
Organizations regularly face challenging resource allocation decisions in an effort to remain competitive and profitable. With sometimes competing demands on scarce funds, managers need to allocate resources wisely across all parts of the organization. Consequently, complete information on the costs and consequences of health and safety (H&S) initiatives can be critical to the decision making process. Yet far too often organizations do not have the internal competency to evaluate the cost and consequences of initiatives. In this project we will develop and deliver a half-day training workshop for workplace parties—managers, labour representatives, and H&S practitioners —on the economic evaluation of H&S initiatives. Four sessions will be delivered free of charge, with a focus on recruiting participants from small- and medium-sized businesses.
Objectives:
The objective of this project is to increase awareness within enterprises of the need to consider the cost and consequences of H&S initiatives systematically, comprehensively, and on an ongoing basis and to advance knowledge about sound economic evaluation methods for H&S initiatives.
Anticipated Results:
Workplace parties will be involved in interviews and will participate in four workshops. HSA representatives from WSPS are involved as co-investigators. This study is relevant to the mandate of the Ontario Ministry of Labour and the WSIB, workplace parties in Ontario, and workers’ compensation authorities and workplace parties across Canada.
Investigators:
Emile Tompa, Emma Irvin, Lynda Robson (Institute for Work & Health)
