- 2023-28 Workplace Injury Prevention Strategy focuses on healthy workers and productive workplaces April 19, 2023
St. John’s, NL – Today, WorkplaceNL and the Department of Digital Government and Service NL jointly launched the Workplace Injury Prevention Strategy 2023-28.
Continue reading → - Saskatchewan WCB releases 2022 injury stats April 14, 2023
Saskatchewan WCB releases 2022 injury stats
Forty-nine per cent of covered industries in the province saw a lower Total injury rate in 2022 than 2021
Continue reading → - Atlantic Canada’s largest health and safety conference held in Halifax April 4, 2023
The 41st annual Atlantic Workplace Health and Safety Conference is taking place today and tomorrow at Halifax’s Westin Hotel. The event is in-person this year and registration sold out early on.
Continue reading → - WORKPLACENL RELEASES 2023-25 STRATEGIC PLAN April 4, 2023
St. John’s, NL – WorkplaceNL’s 2023-25 Strategic Plan was tabled last week in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. The three-year plan focuses on building healthy and safe workplaces; return to work and recovery after a work-related injury or illness; and growing strategic partnerships.
Continue reading → - New Board of Directors Chair – Dr. Ray Block April 3, 2023
New Board of Directors Chair – Dr. Ray Block. The Lieutenant Governor in Council has appointed Dr. Ray Block as WCB’s new Chair of the Board of Directors effective March 21, 2023.
Continue reading → - WorkSafeBC reminds employers of their obligation to reduce the risk of violence in the workplace April 3, 2023
Violent incidents in the workplace have increased 25 percent over the last five years
Continue reading → - March 28, 2023 March 30, 2023
March 28, 2023
5 requirements issued after worker killed at St. Mary’s Cement Inc – Thesafetymag
Continue reading → - March 24, 2023 March 24, 2023
March 24, 2023
Concerns swirl around rising number of workplace deaths in N.S. – halifax.citynews.ca
Continue reading → - WorkSafeBC guideline aims to ensure proper fit of PPE for all workers, regardless of gender March 17, 2023 Guideline viewed as an important first step in addressing ill-fitting PPE Continue reading →
- Workplace fatalities increase in 2022 (March 16/23) March 17, 2023
HALIFAX, NS – The number of Nova Scotians who died at work or because of their work increased in 2022 compared to the year before, according to data released today by WCB Nova Scotia and the Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration (LSI).
Continue reading → - Workplace fatalities increase in 2022 (March 16/23) March 17, 2023
