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Modified duties

I would love to see a mandatory funtionalbility form filled out anytime a worker is seen by a medical profetional who files it as a WCB claim, instead of just giving the worker X amount of days off.
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To much Grey

The workplace safety and health act and regulation have way too much up to interpretation for an officer. several times I've complied in what I believe was very black and white, for them to then say no it actually means this. Half the time it's grey, the other half you are required to purchase another document to even understand how to comply. stop referencing fire codes and building codes that aren't easily obtainable by the public. either put the information from it in the acts and regs or make the codes easier to access and understand.
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Loose regulations

Manitoba has some loose regulations compared to other provinces. For instance, Manitoba's height that workers have to use fall protection is 10ft compared to Ontario's 6ft, thus workers trained in Manitoba have to be retrained by Ontario trainers in order to work construction in Ontario. Manitoba should align it's regulations to match other provinces in order to reduce costs to businesses or adopt similar policies to give companies from Manitoba an edge.WCB in Manitoba is complicated too and could use some fixes online for ease of use. Also the auditing system for COR could be looked at as it makes…

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