- Accessing WorkSafeBC services and keeping workers safe during the wildfires July 20, 2021
B.C. has declared a provincial state of emergency due to wildfires. WorkSafeBC encourages workers and employers to take steps to ensure they are able to continue accessing our services, and stay healthy and safe during this time.
Continue reading → - WorkSafeBC’s preliminary average premium base rate to remain unchanged in 2022 July 15, 2021
Fifth straight year with flat average base rate, consistent with WorkSafeBC’s goal of keeping rates stable
Richmond, B.C. — WorkSafeBC announced today that the preliminary average base rate for 2022 will remain unchanged at 1.55 percent of employers’ assessable payroll. This will be the fifth year in a row that the average base rate has remained at this level, consistent with WorkSafeBC’s goal of keeping rates stable.
Continue reading → - WorkSafeBC: Extensions of coverage for the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction’s work experience programs July 14, 2021
On March 30, 2021, WorkSafeBC’s Board of Directors approved amendments to three existing extensions of coverage under section 7(2)(b) of the Workers Compensation Act (Act) for work experience programs administered by the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction.
Continue reading → - WorkSafeNB launches fall protection blitz July 8, 2021
At WorkSafeNB, we know that falls continue to be a leading cause of serious workplace injuries in New Brunswick. We also know employers care about their employees’ well-being…and so do we.
Continue reading → - WCB Nova Scotia: Safe + Secure: Keeping young workers safe this summer July 8, 2021
The latest issue of our Safe + Secure e-newsletter is now available, with a special focus on keeping Nova Scotia’s young workers safe as more of them enter the workforce in the summer months.
Continue reading → - WorkSafeNB: Unpaid waiting period eliminated June 30, 2021
We’re pleased to announce the removal of the three-day unpaid waiting period for injured and ill workers of New Brunswick. Over 25 years ago, an unpaid waiting period was introduced whereby an employee who experienced a work-related injury or illness was not eligible for compensation for the first three days of the claim.
Continue reading → - WorkSafeBC advising employers to consider workplace closures during heat wave June 28, 2021
With extreme temperatures in many parts of British Columbia, WorkSafeBC is advising employers to consider closing down their workplaces if workers cannot be protected from the risk of heat stress.
“All workers are potentially at risk,” said Al Johnson, Head of Prevention Services at WorkSafeBC. “With the heat wave across B.C., we are warning employers and workers about the risk of developing heat stress. If not recognized and treated early, heat stress can lead to heat exhaustion and heat stroke.”
Continue reading → - WorkSafeBC issues guidance for employers on the transition to communicable disease prevention June 28, 2021
A careful and gradual move away from COVID-19 safety plans will begin once the Province moves to Step 3 of the BC Restart Plan
WorkSafeBC has released new information and guidance for employers on the transition from COVID-19 safety plans to communicable disease prevention. The transition will begin when the B.C. government moves the province to Step 3 of the BC Restart Plan.
Continue reading → - Optimism, opportunity define WCB Nova Scotia’s 2021-2023 Strategic Priorities June 28, 2021
WCB Nova Scotia’s 2021-2023 Strategic Priorities chart a course for new possibility and opportunity, with a clear focus on return to work and coming financial sustainability.
Continue reading → - WCB Nova Scotia: Virtual PMIs now available for straightforward assessments June 24, 2021
Nova Scotians injured on the job that have been waiting for a Permanent Medical Impairment (PMI) assessment in Halifax or Sydney may have the option of seeing a PMI doctor sooner from the comfort of their home with the introduction of virtual PMI assessments.
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