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Traumatic Psychological Injury —a guide for employers
Understand what’s covered and how to get help People can experience physical or psychological injuries at work. Psychological injuries may happen suddenly after a traumatic event, or gradually as serious stressors at work build over time. Traumatic…
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Gradual Onset Psychological Injury for Employers
Understand what’s covered and how to get help People can experience physical or psychological injuries at work. Psychological injuries may happen suddenly after a traumatic event, or gradually as serious work stressors happen over time. A gradual…
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Self-Assessment for Psychological Injury
Find out if your situation might be covered by WCB People can experience both physical and psychological injuries at work. A psychological injury can happen after a sudden traumatic event or build over time from serious stressors at work. Use this…
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How to Talk About Psychological Injury in Your Workplace
Talking to a worker about psychological injuries can be difficult. As an employer or supervisor, your support matters. Open communication helps at every stage: Early intervention to keep a concern from becoming an injury Support while they recover…
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Psychological Injury
People can experience both physical and psychological injuries at work. A psychological injury can happen after a sudden traumatic event or build over time from serious stressors at work. WCB covers 3 types of psychological injury . For eligible…
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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…
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How to Create a Safety Program
6 steps to a safe workplace Most businesses in Nova Scotia are required by law to have an occupational health and safety (OH&S) policy and program. This helps protect your workers from both physical injury as well as psychological harm from…
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WCB Safer Workplaces Together Report pdf
A strategic framework outlining Nova Scotia’s collaborative approach to workplace injury prevention, focusing on musculoskeletal injuries, psychological safety, and supervisor support to create safer workplaces together.
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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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Preventing Workplace Injury: Getting Started Survey pdf
The Preventing Workplace Injury: Getting Started Survey is a series of questions to get you thinking about safety in your workplace.
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