WorkSafeNB is seeking stakeholder feedback to understand the economic and business impacts of proposed amendments to General Regulation 91-191 under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

St. John’s, NL – WorkplaceNL is extending the expiry date to January 31, 2022 for safety training certificates issued for Fall Protection, Confined Space Entry, Mine Rescue, and Traffic Control Person Level II. Given the new COVID-19 Alert Level 4, in-class training courses may not be

The Honourable Bernard Davis, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister Responsible for WorkplaceNL, today provided an update on the status of the 2019 Statutory Review of the Workers’ Compensation System.

Today, the Honourable Bernard Davis, Minister Responsible for WorkplaceNL, announced that Dennis Hogan has been reappointed as Chief Executive Officer of WorkplaceNL. Biographical information is provided in the backgrounder below.

Changes will soon come into effect for the Workers Compensation Board’s Experience Rating Program. The Experience Rating Program offers a financial incentive to employers to invest in safety and work disability prevention programs by adjusting assessment rates based on their claims co

The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) discontinues COVID-19 cost relief, effective Jan. 1, 2022.  The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) provided COVID-19 cost relief for employers with accepted COVID-19 claims in 2020 and 2021. This cost relief will conclude

2022 rate marks the first increase to the average premium rate in 18 years The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) has approved the 2022 average employer premium rate of $1.23 per hundred dollars of payroll. This is the first increase to the average premium rate since 2004.

As one of the province’s biggest champions for workplace safety, WCB Nova Scotia implemented a mandatory vaccination policy for its employees effective November 30, 2021, as an important measure to protect each other and all Nova Scotians from COVID-19.

On November 10, 2021 the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission filed nine charges in the Northwest Territories’ Territorial Court under the Northwest Territories’ Mine Health & Safety Act.

New and revised regulatory requirements are now in effect for combustible and flammable liquids, radiation dose limits, traffic control, concrete pump operators, blasting, arboriculture, and logging load securement.