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A joint occupational health and safety (JOHS) committee is an advisory group of employer and employee representatives working together to promote a safe and healthy workplace.
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In long-term care it is increasingly apparent that who is on shift is just as important as how many staff are on shift. Quality care is difficult to achieve when we do not routinely engage with one another in a positive, or civil, manner.
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Leading from the Inside Out provides a safe space for leaders in continuing care to share their challenges and learn self-care practices.
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The Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum is recognized as best-practice in violence prevention training for health care workers.
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Amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (OHSR), Part 5: Chemical Agents and Biological Agents – Emergency Planning came into effect on February 3, 2025. Changes include additional requirements to minimize the risk, likelihood, and harm caused by an emergency involving hazardous substances.   Hazardous substances include biological, chemical or physical hazards that may reasonably […]
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WorkSafeBC has acknowledged an error in calculating the 2025 insurance premiums that are paid by our two member employer groups–those providing community health support services (classification unit 766006) and those in long-term care (classification unit 766011).
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Effective Return to Work Programs

Use these resources to develop a stronger return to work program.

 

Effective Return to Work Programs

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Recovering while at work is the healthiest option for most people with work-related injuries. Working is good for physical and mental health, and often helps speed healing. Making safe, sustainable work arrangements for recovering workers takes teamwork. Workers, employers, and health care providers all have important contributions to make.
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This rubric contains a list of typical limitations for common physical injuries.
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The Employers’ Advisers Office (EAO) is a branch of the Ministry of Labour. Independent of WorkSafeBC, the EAO is a resource for employers in British Columbia, providing complimentary advice, assistance, representation, and educational seminars to employers, potential employers and employer associations concerning workers’ compensation issues.
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A quick reference guide for managers and supervisors with information on communicating with employees who are injured.
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Understand the new WorkSafeBC legislation around the duty to cooperate and maintain employment for injured workers.
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This video shares the journeys of two Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC) workers through the company's innovative Recover at Work Centre. CMBC, with the support of WorkSafeBC, created this centre to help workers remain at work after an occupational injury, understanding that the sooner workers can return to work safely the sooner they can get back to life.
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This document provides a list of typical limitations for common physical injuries.
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The Employers Advisors Office offers a variety of in-person and remote seminars on occupational health and safety, including claim management courses for compensation, return to work, the review process and appeals. Information on their in-person and e-learning courses can be found here.
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Renovate an underused amenity room into a workout room at site for employee use at no charge that is available 24/7.
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A recover-at-work program has huge benefits for injured workers because it reduces the risk of a disability mindset and supports the psychological benefits of working, which include having a routine, feeling productive, and having social connections with co-workers.
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Baptist Housing has 1,200 team members caring for 2,100 residents at 17 senior living communities across BC. Having an effective return to/recover at work program for injured workers is essential, not only for the workers themselves but also for their co-workers and the organization’s operations
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