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WCB Rate Setting Webinar

  Who it's for: Employers, finance staff, and safety or HR professionals who manage WCB accounts What you'll learn: How WCB determines employer premium rates The factors that influence premiums: industry rate, experience rating, and your…
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GPI Update and Duty to Cooperate Introduction

  Who it's for: Employers, supervisors, HR professionals What you'll learn: An update on WCB’s virtual employer engagement session, focused on workplace injury management Insights on psychological injury claims: the new service…
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Work-Connected Recovery: When Physical Injury Happens at Work pdf

Use this handout to help managers, safety reps, and JOHSC members refer injured workers to care quickly.
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Employer webinar: Seamless support for GPI - Meet our new service provider

  Summary: Introduces the upcoming Gradual Onset Psychological Injury (GPI) legislation in Nova Scotia, effective September 1, 2024, emphasizing employer preparedness and timely claims handling. Explains the WCB’s new service model focused on…
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Health and Social Services in Nova Scotia

Taking better care of the care providers Nova Scotia’s health and social services sectors include hospitals and health centres, long-term care facilities, home care, social services, primary care providers, and mental health and addiction services…
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Health and Social Services

Taking better care of the care providers Nova Scotia’s health and social services sectors include hospitals and health centres, long-term care facilities, home care, social services, primary care providers, and mental health and addiction services…

Injury Report Form pdf

WCB PDF form for filing an injury report. This can also be done through MyAccount.
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Automotive / Retail Gasoline Sector in Nova Scotia

Prevent injury in your industry Gas stations, auto repair and maintenance shops, auto part sales—they’re all part of Nova Scotia’s automotive and retail gasoline industry. Working around engines and chemicals leads to all sorts of job hazards,…
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Retail in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia relies on retail. Retail plays a major role in our economy, employing the second largest number of workers in Nova Scotia. Every day, over 30,000 people go to work in locally-owned shops, major retail chains and large, big-box stores…
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Construction in Nova Scotia

Building in strength From road building to roofing, construction is one of the fastest-growing industries in Nova Scotia, contributing almost $3 billion to our economy. The work force of 16,000 skilled trades workers is expected to grow by 9% each…
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