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We are dedicated to providing comprehensive occupational health and safety (OHS) consulting services tailored to your needs.
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Psychological health and safety, often called workplace mental health, encompasses principles and practices to foster a supportive, respectful, and psychologically safe work environment.
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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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Webinar

WorkSafeBC 2026 preliminary rate information session

Watch a WorkSafeBC webinar on preliminary assessment rates for 2026.

Originally broadcast on August 21, 2025.

The webinar provided an overview of injury rate trends and showed how you can use WorkSafe BC’s Employer Health and Safety Planning Toolkit to view your organization’s injury trends. The session was presented by WorkSafeBC.

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The slide deck for WorkSafeBC's webinar on the 2026 preliminary rates.
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Speakers

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Manager, Class and Rate Modification Program - Assessments
Kiran Bhatti manages WorkSafeBC’s classification and rates team. She and her team ensure that WorkSafeBC’s classification system is representative of how industries are evolving in BC. She joined WorkSafeBC in 2020 while pursuing her MBA from Beedie School of Business and started managing the Class and Rates team early in 2023.
Manager, Class and Rate Modification Program
Crista Burke - Manager, Class and Rate Modification Program at WorkSafeBC: The Class and Rate team works closely with our senior leaders, our actuarial team and others at WorkSafeBC to deliver fair and equitable rates to industries in BC while also ensuring the classification system structure matches the changing claim costs and industry evolution."
Industry and Program Specialist, Prevention Programs and Services
Daryl Davidson is an Industry & Program Specialist with Prevention Programs & Services at WorkSafeBC. She works with industry health and safety associations, employers, and workers, in the health care sector to support and advance the prevention of workplace injuries and illness through partnerships, consultation, and outreach. She joined WorkSafeBC in early 2022, after having spent the previous 15 years working in forestry as a safety manager and health care as the acting violence prevention lead for Northern Health.
Manager – Prevention Programs and Services
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Denise Subotin is a Manager in Prevention Programs and Services at WorkSafeBC. She works with industry associations, labour organizations, health and safety associations, and workers and employers in the Education, Health Care, and Social Services sectors to support and advance the prevention of workplace injuries and illness through partnerships, consultation, and education. Prior to joining WorkSafeBC in 2017, Denise worked in health and safety in B.C.’s health care sector for nearly 10 years. Denise holds a M.Sc. of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene from the University of British Columbia and is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP).
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