If you are interested in getting involved with Health and Safety issues in BC or would like more information about H&S in the BC Region, send us an email. The BC Regional Council Health and Safety Coordinator is Linda Harding and Sharon Barbour is the PSAC staff person with the H&S portfolio in BC. Scroll down this page for H&S related information and and news.
Health and Safety
February 11, 2021 - 4:04pm •
Friends,
We are pleased to invite PSAC members in BC to participate in the 2021 BC Regional Health and Safety Conference being held on Friday March 19 to Sunday March 21 via Zoom. The conference is scheduled to begin at 1:00PM on Friday March 19 and will close at 12:00PM on Sunday, March 21.
The theme for this conference is: Where Does the Employer’s Responsibility End and Ours Begin?
January 5, 2021 - 11:00pm •
PSAC produces a wide variety of toolkits, booklets and resource guides for activists, Locals and Branches, and Regional Committees and Area Councils. We have collected them here as a resource for members.
If you would like a printed copy of any of these materials, contact your regional office or PSAC Representative.
updated January 2021
December 17, 2020 - 3:58pm •
December 3, 2020 - 9:15am •
December 2, 2020 - 9:15am •
To: BRUSH Members
Re: Organizing Committee for the PSAC BC 2021 Health & Safety Conference
PSAC BC is seeking applications from members of the BRUSH Committee who are interested in organizing the PSAC BC 2021 Health & Safety Conference.
November 24, 2020 - 3:55pm •
PSAC BC is hosting an educational webinar designed to give members a general overview of the upcoming changes to the Canada Labour Code Pt. II and the Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations impacting federally regulated workers across Canada. The webinar will be held twice:
November 3, 2020 - 9:05am •
Everyone is encouraged to take this important survey.
June 15, 2020 - 8:28am •
In late April, WorkSafeBC’s Board of Directors directed the Policy, Regulation and Research Division to add COVID-19 (or potentially more broadly, coronaviruses or respiratory communicable diseases) to the list of diseases in Schedule 1 of the Workers Compensation Act on an expedited process.
June 11, 2020 - 10:25am •
Returning to Work & Covid-19; Family and Health Barriers
Are you or someone in your household at high-risk if you contract Covid-19? Do you have child or elder care obligations that you’re concerned about meeting because of Covid-19? Are you worried about how you will balance work and family?
May 27, 2020 - 2:13pm •
By the end of this discussion you will understand the basic steps in refusing dangerous work. We will talk about some of the challenges in work refusals for ‘invisible’ dangers like COVID-19, and answer participant’s questions about work refusals. PSAC BC members in federally and provincially regulated workplaces and members of your household are welcome to participate.
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