PROVINCIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS
WorkSafeBC is a provincial agency dedicated to promoting safe and healthy workplaces across B.C. They partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent work-related injury, disease, and disability. Their services include education, prevention, compensation and support for injured workers, and no-fault insurance to protect employers and workers.
WorkSafeBC is honoured to serve 2.33 million workers and 231,000 registered employers in our province. They collaborate with them to prevent injury or illness, and help employers comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation and the Workers Compensation Act. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, WorkSafeBC's no-fault insurance system provides peace of mind for workers and their families, and for employers. They provide compensation and support workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. WorkSafeBC partner's with health care providers to ensure workers get the treatment they need to resume their normal routines.
WorkSafeBC is honoured to serve 2.33 million workers and 231,000 registered employers in our province. They collaborate with them to prevent injury or illness, and help employers comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation and the Workers Compensation Act. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, WorkSafeBC's no-fault insurance system provides peace of mind for workers and their families, and for employers. They provide compensation and support workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. WorkSafeBC partner's with health care providers to ensure workers get the treatment they need to resume their normal routines.
Rules for health and safety in Alberta’s workplaces fall under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulation and Code. Alberta Occupational Health and Safety is responsible for enforcing OHS laws through inspections, investigations and prosecutions. The legislation establishes minimum standards for safe and healthy practices in Alberta workplaces.
Workers and employers have a shared responsibility to comply with health and safety legislation. For information on OHS legislation compliance and enforcement, see Compliance and Investigations. Workers, employers and other parties regulated by OHS legislation have responsibilities under the law in Alberta.
SAFE Work Manitoba is a leader in developing safety and health resources designed to give you the information you need to help prevent injuries and illness, and get you home safe at the end of each day.
SAFE Work Manitoba is the unified prevention organization responsible for promotion and delivery of services related to workplace injury and illness prevention. They are committed to creating a genuine culture of workplace safety and prevention by working with their partners to build a safer Manitoba for all workers. Workplace Safety and Health enforces The Workplace Safety and Health Act and its associated Regulations in order to protect the safety and health of workers in Manitoba. Workplace Safety and Health’s inspection and investigation activity focuses on improving legislative compliance in order to eliminate workplace fatalities, injuries and illnesses.
SAFE Work Manitoba is the unified prevention organization responsible for promotion and delivery of services related to workplace injury and illness prevention. They are committed to creating a genuine culture of workplace safety and prevention by working with their partners to build a safer Manitoba for all workers. Workplace Safety and Health enforces The Workplace Safety and Health Act and its associated Regulations in order to protect the safety and health of workers in Manitoba. Workplace Safety and Health’s inspection and investigation activity focuses on improving legislative compliance in order to eliminate workplace fatalities, injuries and illnesses.
Safe At Work Ontario is the Ministry of Labour strategy to protect workers’ health and safety on the job. The ministry enforces the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The Prevention Council advises the Minister of Labour and the Chief Prevention Officer on a wide range of occupational health and safety issues, including:
- prevention of workplace injuries and illnesses
- development of the provincial occupational health and safety strategy, and
- any significant proposed changes to funding and delivery of services under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
The Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety (LRWS) encourages healthy, safe and productive workplaces by setting, promoting and enforcing employment and occupational health and safety standards. They work with businesses, labour groups, workers, and other stakeholders to foster a positive labour environment.
The Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety promotes and protects safe and healthy workplaces through education, legislation, and enforcement. Learn more here about occupational health and safety regulations, asbestos, the Safety Information Management System, training and more. Under The Saskatchewan Employment Act, an employer must provide a safe and healthy workplace and establish and maintain an effective health and safety program and obtain input from the occupational health committee (OHC)
The Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety promotes and protects safe and healthy workplaces through education, legislation, and enforcement. Learn more here about occupational health and safety regulations, asbestos, the Safety Information Management System, training and more. Under The Saskatchewan Employment Act, an employer must provide a safe and healthy workplace and establish and maintain an effective health and safety program and obtain input from the occupational health committee (OHC)
The purpose of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) in Quebec is to eliminate at the source dangers to health, safety and physical well-being of workers. It defines the obligations of employers and workers. The OHSA is public order legislation, and any provision of an agreement that derogates from that Act is absolutely null.
On January 1st 2016, the Commission de l'équité salariale (CÉS), the Commission des normes du travail (CNT) and the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST) were merged into a new agency: the Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST). Going forward, the CNESST provides a single point of contact for workplace-related services in Quebec. The CNESST is the body to which the Government of Quebec has entrusted the administration of the Act respecting occupational health and safety (AROH), and whose purpose is to eliminate hazards to worker health and safety at the source.
On January 1st 2016, the Commission de l'équité salariale (CÉS), the Commission des normes du travail (CNT) and the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST) were merged into a new agency: the Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST). Going forward, the CNESST provides a single point of contact for workplace-related services in Quebec. The CNESST is the body to which the Government of Quebec has entrusted the administration of the Act respecting occupational health and safety (AROH), and whose purpose is to eliminate hazards to worker health and safety at the source.
