Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Job fatalities in Nova Scotia in 2018, according to statistics that WCB Nova Scotia and the Department of Labour and Advanced Education released on April 17, 2019.
Blog Post #1034 – Mixed Report on Return to Work in Nova Scotia
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Nova Scotians are getting injured are getting injured at work less often, but they are taking longer to return to work when they do get injured. This is the key finding of the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) of Nova Scotia’s Report to the Community released on February 25, 2019.
Blog Post #1010 – Nova Scotia Panel Gives Recommendations
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Increasing Staff to address manpower shortages and enhancing access to health professionals were among the five recommendations and 22 action items that the minister’s expert advisory panel on long-term care delivered on January 15, 2019 to improve the quality of long-term care in Nova Scotia over the next two years.
Blog Post #982 – Improved Access to Benefits in Nova Scotia
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Frontline and emergency-response workers and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will have easier access to workers’ compensation benefits starting from October 26, 2018, as changes to the Workers’ Compensation Act introduced last year no longer requires these workers to prove that their PTSD diagnosis is work-related.