WorkSafeBC releases three-year strategy to reduce serious injuries in four highest risk sectors
February 23, 2018
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WorkSafeBC has released their 2018-2020 High-Risk Strategy, a three-year plan to help employers reduce serious injuries in construction, forestry, health care and manufacturing sectors.
Continue Reading →Continuer la lecture →WorkplaceNL and Service NL launch joint 5-year injury prevention strategy
February 22, 2018
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WorkplaceNL and Service NL‘s Occupational Health and Safety Division have launched a joint 5-year injury prevention strategy in consultation with Newfoundland and Labrador injury prevention partners and stakeholders.
Continue Reading →Continuer la lecture →WSIB’s Evie DoCouto appointed chair of the Canadian Society of Professionals in Disability Management
February 01, 2018
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Evie DoCouto, head of the Return to Work Program at Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), has been appointed chair of the Canadian Society of Professionals in Disability Management. In this role, she also serves as chair of the Canadian Certification Council.
Continue Reading →Continuer la lecture →Saskatchewan WCB selected a 2018 Top Employer!
January 25, 2018
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The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board has been selected as one of Saskatchewan’s 2018 Top Employers, an annual competition organized by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers recognizing employers that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to
Continue Reading →Continuer la lecture →Three members of AWCBC appointed to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
January 15, 2018
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The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, has announced 11 appointments to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS). Three of the appointments are members of AWCBC.
Continue Reading →Continuer la lecture →WCB Nova Scotia named an Atlantic Canada Top Employer!
January 11, 2018
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WCB Nova Scotia has been recognized as one of Atlantic Canada’s most progressive and forward-thinking workplaces in the annual competition organized by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers.
Continue Reading →Continuer la lecture →Ralph McGinn appointed new board chair of WorkSafeBC
December 05, 2017
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British Columbia Labour Minister Harry Bains has appointed Ralph McGinn as the new board chair for WorkSafeBC.
Continue Reading →Continuer la lecture →Manuelle Oudar is one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women
November 27, 2017
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A prestigious distinction has been awarded to CNESST Chair and CEO, Manuelle Oudar. She has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2017.
Continue Reading →Continuer la lecture →Working to Well program supports workers across Atlantic Canada in returning to the job after injury
November 20, 2017
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Atlantic Canadians injured on the job tend to take longer to return to work than those living in most other provinces. To further assist workers as they recover from workplace injury, Atlantic Canada’s workers’ compensation organizations have teamed up to launch a region-wide program
Continue Reading →Continuer la lecture →CNESST receives an Award of Excellence from the Quebec Institute of Public Administration
November 07, 2017
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The Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST) has won a Quebec Award of Excellence in public administration, in the public service category, for its CNESST creation project, a successful benefit for the public sector and society. The award w
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