WORKPLACENL ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT 2015
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Shared Commitments
Safety is everyone’s responsibility WorkplaceNL continues to work closely with its partners and the community to create an awareness of safety and improve how it delivers services to injured workers and employers.
WorkplaceNL has authored the textbook, Building a Safer Tomorrow, to help students become more aware of occupational health and safety, the rights and responsibilities of workers, and ways to reduce common risks in the workplace.
“We understand that WorkplaceNL staff, and all workers in the province, come to work each day as a ‘whole person’. We design both our human resource and workplace safety awareness programs to support a safe, physically fit and mentally healthy workplace.” - Leslie Galway, CEO, WorkplaceNL New, high school OHS 3203 course In partnership with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, WorkplaceNL has developed curriculum and Canada’s first occupational health and safety (OHS) textbook specifically designed for high schools. Starting in September 2015, over 1,200 students enrolled in the new course, OHS 3203.
Students completing the course will be certified in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) and as an OHS Committee member. They also receive Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) training. These students will enter the workforce safety aware, and have a strong foundation that will serve them throughout their career.
Understanding Changes Everything Workplace Partnership Program WorkplaceNL has proudly partnered with other community leaders in the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Understanding Changes Everything Workplace Partnership Program in supporting employees living with mental illness and addiction. Mental health affects one in five people, possibly you or colleagues who work alongside you every day. Community leaders have joined together to decrease the stigma associated with mental illness and addictions in the workplace and beyond.
