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WorkSafeBC reschedules public hearings for Kelowna and Nanaimo
Richmond, B.C., January 5, 2007 — WorkSafeBC’s Board of Directors has determined that WorkSafeBC will hold public hearings on proposed changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation in Kelowna on January 25 and Nanaimo on January 29. These hearing locations were originally scheduled for November 2006, but were cancelled due to severe weather conditions at that time.
“Two hearings were conducted on proposed changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation in November 2006 in Prince George and Vancouver,” said Roberta Ellis, vice-president, Policy, Investigations and Review. “Conducting these remaining hearings in Kelowna and Nanaimo will ensure a broad range of input from the community.”
The hearings are part of a regulatory process to hear from all interested parties into the following matters:
- Pre-payment for gasoline at service stations in urban locations during late night and early morning hours. This proposed regulation is being introduced at the request of the Minister of Labour who referred to it as “Grant’s Law” in recognition of the tragic death of gas station attendant Grant De Patie;
- The orientation and training needs of young or new workers; and
- Safety engineered devices for all hollow-bore needles and other medical sharps
The public hearings in Kelowna and Nanaimo will take place as follows:
| Kelowna (January 25) | Conference Centre at the Best Western Hotel |
| Nanaimo (January 29) | Coast Bastion Inn |
| Session Times: | 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Written submissions:
The deadline for receipt of written submissions is 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 31, 2007. Written submissions can be made by e-mail, fax, mail, via online survey, or delivered to the public hearing during session times.
| By Online Survey: | accessed through www.worksafebc.com |
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| By Fax: | 604-279-7599 or toll-free in B.C.: 1-877-279-7599 |
| By Mail: | Policy and Research Division |
WorkSafeBC is committed to reviewing aspects of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation on an ongoing basis to ensure regulations are current and meeting the needs of BC’s workers and employers to support safe and healthy workplaces.
Serving nearly two million workers and about 185,000 employers, WorkSafeBC is a provincial statutory agency governed by a Board of Directors and funded by employers. WorkSafeBC was born out of a compromise between B.C.’s workers and employers in 1917 where workers gave up the right to sue their employers or fellow workers for injuries on the job in return for a no-fault insurance program fully paid for by employers. WorkSafeBC is committed to a safe and healthy workplace and to providing return-to-work rehabilitation and legislated compensation benefits to workers injured as a result of their employment.
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For more information please contact: |
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Donna Freeman
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Scott McCloy
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