News from our Members

Strong management protects support for people with injuries, maintains a responsible reserve, and rebates surplus to safe Ontario businesses 

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) announced today a rebate of surplus funds totaling up to $1.5 billion to eligible safe Ontario businesses. The WSIB’s strong financial and operational management, along with its positive investment returns have led to a surplus in its insurance fund beyond the needed reserve. Recent legislative amendments by the Government of Ontario have made it possible to rebate surplus funds at a time when businesses are coping with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On February 08, 2022, the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission filed eleven charges in the Northwest Territories’ Territorial Court under the Safety Act.

The Northwest Territories Power Corporation is charged with multiple counts alleging violations of the Safety Act and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, including failure to safely maintain the facility, failure to ensure the health and safety of all persons at the facility and failure to correct unsafe conditions at the plant, as well as other offences.

People are at the heart of everything we do. We value and care for our employees and we value and care for New Brunswick workers and employers. We are intrinsically linked, and everyone contributes.

To view WorkSafeNB 2022-24 strategic plan, click here

The Workers’ Safety & Compensation Commission (WSCC) is pleased to announce a new program – Safe Workplace. The Safe Workplace program will recognize employers for their safety performance, while supporting others to improve how they manage and prioritize safety.

Read the latest issue of WorkSafe Magazine

Features

• Supervisors play pivotal role in safe hand falling
• Preventing tower crane collapse
• Are you prepared for an emergency

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WorkplaceNL has added new services for injured workers to its suite of online tools. MyWorkplaceNL is a secure, convenient online service where injured workers can submit a report of a workplace injury, view claim and payment data, live chat with a representative, view and print select information, order hearing aid batteries, submit expenses and send in other claim-related documents.

WorkplaceNL is extending the expiry date for safety training certificates issued for Fall Protection, Confined Space Entry, Mine Rescue and Traffic Control Person Level II to February 28, 2022. Given the province’s current public health measures, in-class training courses may not be widely available to workers at this time.