WCB's Employer Webinar on Duty to Cooperate: Getting Creative

• Outlines the Duty to Cooperate policy effective July 15, highlighting employer and worker responsibilities in facilitating safe and timely return-to-work.

• Emphasizes early planning, ongoing communication, and collaboration to support injured workers, including guidance for both physical and psychological injuries.

• Details practical return-to-work strategies, such as phased duties (sedentary → light → medium) and maintaining workplace connection when full duties are not possible.

• Clarifies concepts like meaningful work, job functions vs. tasks, and restrictions vs. limitations, ensuring alignment between worker abilities and job requirements.

• Provides tools and support (e.g., templates, case worker guidance, and planning resources) to assist employers in implementing effective return-to-work programs.

Employers, supervisors, HR professionals, and case managers in Nova Scotia responsible for workplace injury management and return-to-work planning.

Who it's for:

• Employers, supervisors, HR professionals, case managers, and workers

What you'll learn:

• What is the Duty to Cooperate legislation
• How both employers and workers are accountable in return-to-work planning
• The importance of communication, early engagement, and flexibility for workers with either physical and psychological injuries
• The hierarchy of accommodations:
  • modified pre-injury duties
  • alternate work and transitional duties
  • maintaining workplace connection if full duties are not possible
• Concepts such as meaningful work, job function vs. job tasks, restrictions vs. limitations, and aligning worker abilities with job demands