Parent
To help you keep your children safe on the job, learn more about everyone's rights and responsibilities for workplace health and safety and make it part of the conversation. We have resources that can help.
- This Could Happen to Your Child, a brochure offering advice on how to talk to your children about health and safety before they start work and after they are hired.
- Statistics illustrating injuries to young workers
- Profiles of seriously injured young workers, who are part of our Young Worker Speakers Program, describing how their accidents altered their lives
- Lost Youth: Four stories of injured workers, a dramatic video showing the consequences of a serious workplace injury
Our Young Workers Speaker Program is another way to share the health and safety message with young people. We've compiled a list of volunteer speakers who can talk to your school or parent advisory council (PAC) about health and safety and young worker issues. We have a variety of speakers with unique expertise and experiences ranging from injured young workers to business leaders to health and safety educators.
If you have any questions about workplace safety issues, please email or call us at 604.276.3100 in the Lower Mainland, or 1.888.621.7233 (1.888.621.SAFE) toll-free anywhere in B.C.
Resources
This Could Happen to Your Child: How Parents Can Help Keep Their Children Safe at Work
This brochure was developed in partnership with the B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils (BCCPAC) parent representatives to provide parents with useful tips on keeping young workers safe on the...
Lost Youth - Four Stories of Injured Young Workers: Full version
Warning: This video contains graphic scenes and language that may be offensive to some. Viewer discretion is advised.
Michael, Jennifer, John, and Nick all speak of losing their youth after suffering...
How Can Parents Keep Young Workers Safe?
As a parent, you have the ability to influence how your children think about workplace health and safety—before and after they enter the workforce. Learn about the resources WorkSafeBC has developed...
Getting a Job? Ask Questions about Safety
Created with assistance from members of the Young Worker Advisory Group, this brochure provides young and new workers with useful tips about how to address concerns about safety in the workplace.