Workplace Safety and Health Act Review

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At least once every five years, Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health undertakes a review of the Workplace Safety and Health Act, the Administrative Penalty Regulation, the Operation of Mines Regulation and the Workplace Safety and Health Regulation to ensure Manitoba's workplaces are safe and healthy.

Healthy workplaces impact everyone, and efforts have been made to ensure employers and workers are engaged as part of this review. A Workplace Safety and Health Review Committee made up of worker, employer and technical representatives has been established to review submissions and provide recommendations to the Minister on issues of importance in Manitoba’s workplaces.

This year the review will be focused on:

  • ensuring strong protections are in place that meet the needs of today’s workplaces;
  • improving harmonization and consistency with other jurisdictions;
  • ensuring requirements are clear and reasonable; and,
  • helping Manitoba meet its obligations under The Regulatory Accountability Act.

We invite you to submit your feedback through an open proposal process before November 30th. All submissions will be provided to the committee for consideration.

If you have any questions, call at 204-957-SAFE (7233) or toll free at 1-855-957-SAFE (7233).

Submissions will also be accepted by email at WSHActReview@gov.mb.ca.

At least once every five years, Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health undertakes a review of the Workplace Safety and Health Act, the Administrative Penalty Regulation, the Operation of Mines Regulation and the Workplace Safety and Health Regulation to ensure Manitoba's workplaces are safe and healthy.

Healthy workplaces impact everyone, and efforts have been made to ensure employers and workers are engaged as part of this review. A Workplace Safety and Health Review Committee made up of worker, employer and technical representatives has been established to review submissions and provide recommendations to the Minister on issues of importance in Manitoba’s workplaces.

This year the review will be focused on:

  • ensuring strong protections are in place that meet the needs of today’s workplaces;
  • improving harmonization and consistency with other jurisdictions;
  • ensuring requirements are clear and reasonable; and,
  • helping Manitoba meet its obligations under The Regulatory Accountability Act.

We invite you to submit your feedback through an open proposal process before November 30th. All submissions will be provided to the committee for consideration.

If you have any questions, call at 204-957-SAFE (7233) or toll free at 1-855-957-SAFE (7233).

Submissions will also be accepted by email at WSHActReview@gov.mb.ca.

Proposals

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  • Return to Work

    by Argietee2020, about 2 years ago

    When workers get hurt the information that employers get from their medical practitioners is lacking, they either do not have notes, or when they do it just specifies that they are off work for X number of days. On a few occasions, the doctor didn't even see the worker/patient but they have excuse notes for more than 2 days.

    Functional abilities form should be standard if it is work-related injury/illness and the cost should not go to the worker/patient. WCB should pay for this. Hopefully we improve on this so that absence from work does not get abused and likewise... Continue reading

  • Smaller Businesses

    by SafetyGuy, about 2 years ago
    For those smaller businesses with few onsite resources if in anyway this could be supported or spelled out on how best they can get the support they need may help those, especially those who are a new start up. While this may go beyond the scope of the review its worthwhile considering whenever any reviews or changes are being made.


  • Feedback and Roll Out

    by SafetyGuy, about 2 years ago

    As the review initiates and continues I suggest reaching out to the various safety groups (COR, iPam, Made Safe etc.) to solicit pointed feedback as well as making it a tie in to safety training and conferences as available (break out session, surveys...)

    Additionally, as changes become finalized roll out with training and information sessions on the specific changes. Better still have a pre-emptive final draft review session(s) with safety professionals and safety committee members.


  • Similar to Others

    by SafetyGuy, about 2 years ago
    If only standardization among provinces regarding workplace safety regulations (first aid, confined spaces, machine guarding, ergonomics...) and standards (eye wash stations, cranes & hoists...) as well as the US (such as arc flash, electrical safety, fall protection...) it certainly would increase training resources and PPE and supplies standardization while providing unified requirements.





  • Small Business Enforcement

    by old worker new attitude, about 2 years ago
    In Manitoba we have many businesses that start as a small "ma and pa" business, as these companies grow, take on new challenges and grow their work force, they seem to believe that they can operate as they did in the beginning. They don't realize or have not been informed that it is a different world with mandatory obligations to keep their workers out of harms way. These companies often hire people who are new to the workforce here in Manitoba or prefer to work for smaller companies with more opportunity to grow within. Our regulators need to do a... Continue reading

  • Loose regulations

    by Lemoncat, about 2 years ago
    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... Continue reading

  • Modified duties

    by Robert Paige, about 2 years ago
    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.

  • To much Grey

    by 50shadesofgrey, about 2 years ago
    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.

  • The systems of failure have failed

    by Injurystatistic, about 2 years ago

    I lost part of my index finger in a workplace incident back in 2017. After forcing my employer to take anything resembling responsibility and investigating the incident by reporting it to WSH (I had told my managers, HR, and multiple people within the organization they had a responsibility to take the incident seriously). WSH issued an improvement order to investigate the incident. The company did a bare bones investigation basically blaming me for getting injured, set a date to create “safe work procedures” by, and WSH decided the company’s obligations had been fulfilled. The company never made safe work procedures... Continue reading