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POSTPONED: Winter School 2021

Learn how to promote a culture of safety & improved RTW outcomes!

UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 30th, 2020

FALL SCHOOLS ARE POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 SECOND WAVE. CLICK ON WINTER SCHOOL 2021 FOR FUTURE CLASSES.

Take a comprehensive week-long workers’ compensation training that offers courses to certify you in preventing and reducing the impacts of occupational illness, disease or injury in your workplace.

Courses offered:

Cost: $1895 (based on single occupancy)

Classes start at 7 p.m. on Sunday evening and end Friday at noon.

* Includes accommodation, meals, workshop materials, specialist instruction, certificate of completion.

Who should attend: WSIB representatives, RTW specialists, H&S reps., union leadership and union stewards

Download the registration form for Winter School 2021.

*Purchase tickets below*

POSTPONED: Level 1, Level 2 and RTW 101 – Winter 2020 Dates

LEVEL 1 & LEVEL 2

Our popular introductory workshops will explore worker and employer rights & obligations under the Workplace Safety & Insurance Act and the benefits and services available. The workshop will also describe the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s adjudication process and enable participants to follow the flow of a claim.

RETURN TO WORK 101

This course provides participants with tools to develop strategies to assist workers with disabilities, individually and collectively; and return them to long-term healthy and productive employment. It will review noteworthy case law and Human Rights legislation.

Who should attend: Anyone in a role with whom workers make contact following a workplace injury or with disability accommodation requests: workers, employers, union reps, stewards, supervisors.

 

 

CITIES AND DATES:

CLICK ON A CITY ABOVE TO REGISTER ONLINE OR DOWNLOAD AND PRINT THE REGISTRATION FORM HERE.

“Too Many Workers are Losing their Lives!” Prevention Link Recognizes National Day of Mourning

As we recognize the 35th annual National Day of Mourning on April 28, a day first declared in 1984 by the Canadian Labour Congress, we remember the many Ontario and Canadian workers who have been killed, injured or suffered illness because of work-related incidents. Prevention Link honours and pays respect to the many families and friends who have been affected by these tragedies.

“Too many peers, colleagues and loved ones continue to lose their lives as a result of workplace injuries each year,” said Laurie Hardwick, Director of Prevention Link. “This must stop. We must be more diligent in our ongoing efforts to keep Ontario workers healthy and safe on the job and ensure every worker gets home safe from work at the end of each day.”

In 2018, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board recorded 228 workplace fatalities provincially and approximately 253,991 workers filed a claim as a result of being injured or made sick at work. Annually, thousands of injured workers suffer from resulting health complications, or undoubtedly, their injuries go unreported or are not attributed to their working conditions.

“It is increasingly important for every working Ontarian to be educated on their health and safety rights, responsibilities and prevention measures in the workplace,” said Hardwick. “Our Lighthouse Initiative aims to do just that by helping newcomers to Ontario’s workforce and long-time workers in any sector learn more about their rights and the laws that guide them as a worker in our province.”

The Lighthouse Initiative offers critical information, via downloadable interactive fact sheets available shortly in multiple languages – with tips, quizzes and links – to help guide workers on their rights and obligations in Ontario workplaces. Visit preventionlink.ca/lighthouse to access the fact sheets, which are also available in a pocket-sized z-card format by emailing info@preventionlink.ca.

Prevention Link and Ontario Federation of Labour staff will be attending National Day of Mourning events around the province. A comprehensive list of Ontario-wide events is available on the Workers Health & Safety Centre website.

Prevention Link, a Government of Ontario supported initiative governed by the Ontario Federation of Labour Executive Committee, is a leading provider of training and advisory support on secondary prevention of workplace injury in the province. For information, visit preventionlink.ca and follow @PreventionLink on Facebook and Twitter.

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POSTPONED: Winter-Spring 2019 Workers’ Compensation 101 & Return to Work 101 Workshops

Tis the season!! Prevention Link will be hosting comprehensive  Worker’s Compensation 101 and Return to Work 101 workshops across Ontario at the beginning of the New Year. These courses will provide participants with the information they need to navigate workers’ compensation legislation, policies, benefits and services, as well as giving them tools to help assist workers with disabilities.

Who should attend: Anyone in a role with whom workers make contact following a workplace injury or with disability accommodation requests: workers, employers, union reps, stewards, supervisors.

Click on the location below to register: 

Cost:
One-Course Package (Workers’ Comp 101 or Return to Work 101): $149.00 per person
Two-Course Package (Workers’ Comp 101 & Return to Work 101 taken together): $275.00 per person.
**Cost includes course material, guided instruction, certificate of completion, lunch.

DOWNLOAD POSTER HERE.

STAY TUNED! DATES AND MORE INFORMATION TO BE ANNOUNCED!

Fall 2018 MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (MHFA) & RETURN TO WORK (RTW) 101 Workshops

Prevention Link is thrilled to offer a comprehensive Mental Health First Aid workshop that gives participants the skills to provide help to a person developing a mental health problem, and our Return to Work 101 course that explores strategies to assist workers’ with disabilities and help return them to long-term healthy and productive employment.

Who should attend: Anyone in a role with whom workers make contact following a workplace injury or with disability accommodation requests: workers, employers, union reps, stewards, supervisors.

Click on the dates below to register: 

One-course package options:

Two-course package options:

Cost:
One-Course Package (Mental Health First Aid $ 499. per person or Return to Work 101 $ 200. per person)
(**Cost includes accommodation, course material, guided instruction, certificate of completion, meals)

Two-Course Package (Mental Health First Aid & Return to Work 101 taken together): $699.00 per person.
(**Cost includes accommodation, course material, guided instruction, certificate of completion, meals)

DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION FORM HERE.

Fall 2018 Workers’ Compensation 101 & Return to Work 101 Workshops

This fall, Prevention Link will be hosting comprehensive workshops all across Ontario for the courses Worker’s Compensation 101 and Return to Work 101. These courses will provide participants with the information they need to navigate workers’ compensation legislation, policies, benefits and services, as well as giving them tools to help assist workers with disabilities.

Who should attend: Anyone in a role with whom workers make contact following a workplace injury or with disability accommodation requests: workers, employers, union reps, stewards, supervisors.

Click on the location below to register: 

More dates to be announced for:
BARRIE, KITCHENER-WATERLOO AND WINDSOR.

Cost:
One-Course Package (Workers’ Comp 101 or Return to Work 101): $149.00 per person
Two-Course Package (Workers’ Comp 101 & Return to Work 101 taken together): $275.00 per person.
**Cost includes course material, guided instruction, certificate of completion, lunch.


DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION FORM HERE.