Joint Committees
According to the Workers Compensation
Act of BC, Division 4- Section 125, an
employer must establish and maintain a
joint health and safety committee in
each workplace where 20 or more workers
of the employer are regularly employed,
and in any other workplace for which a
joint committee is required by order.
For further details on this regulation,
please see the Workers Compensation Act:
Part 3, Division 4: Joint Committees and
Worker Representatives or click the link
below.
Go to Joint Committee Regulation now.
Educational leave
Each member of a joint committee is then
entitled to an annual educational leave
totalling 8 hours, or a longer period if
prescribed by regulation, for the purposes
of attending occupational health and safety
training courses. The employer is
responsible to provide this educational
leave to their employees.
For further details on this regulation,
please see the Workers Compensation Act:
Part 3, Division 4, Section 135 or click the
link below.
Go to Educational Leave Regulation now.
TeamWorks Solutions is a
WorkSafe BC Education Partner and can
help you meet these requirements by
providing the following
One-Day WorkSafe Education Network Courses
that can help your organization fulfill the
training requirements for joint committee
members: 1.
 Joint
Health and Safety Committees
2.
Hazard
Recognition and Control
3.
Preventing
and Investigating Musculoskeletal Injuries (MSI)
4.
Preventing
Workplace Violence
5.
Supervisor
Safety Management
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