Resources For Teachers

Workers Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island

Resources For Teachers

Every day in our province, young workers are injured on the job. The WCB is committed to raising awareness among our youth of workplace safety, in order to promote safe workplaces now, and in the future.

School teachers have the unique privilege of helping to shape our future workforce. The reality is, while students are busy acquiring skills and knowledge for life careers, they are already spending several hours each week in Island workplaces.

The Youth Education Consultant is available as a resource to you to come into the classroom to speak to students and do some activities to help further integrate their learning around workplace health and safety.

We have also developed a WHMIS 2015: Teacher Primer to coincide with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), which aligns Canada’s hazard classification and communication requirements with other countries. This will be relevant to you if you teach WHMIS as part of your course curriculum.

Workplace Health & Safety Lessons for Teachers (English/French)

No matter the subject you teach, we encourage all intermediate and high school teachers throughout the province to spend one class period discussing young worker safety. To this end, we have developed a few general presentations/ lessons that you may find helpful:

Safety at work: Make safety a habit / Sécurité au travail : faire de la sécurité une habitude

Are you as safe as you think? / Es-tu aussi en sécurité que tu le crois?

Keeping it safe in the workplace: You have a role to play / La sécurité au lieu de travail : tu as un rôle à jouer

The content of these presentations is general and as such can be considered up-to-date and relevant to teaching about workplace health and safety topics to students on P.E.I.

For more information, please contact Clare at ohs@wcb.pe.ca or (902) 368-6357.

February 01, 2021

Revised WCB policies

The WCB Board of Directors has approved amendments to the following policies:POL-04, Access to Worker Claim Information, previously titled Access to Information - Worker Claim FilesPOL-153, Medical CannabisInformation about the changes can be found in the History section of each policy. The WCB thanks all stakeholders who participated in the consultation process.

December 07, 2020

WCB Operations during COVID-19

We are pleased to continue to offer services, despite this service looking different, in some cases, in order to protect the safety of our clients and staff. Please contact us by phone at 902-368-5680 or 1-800-237-5049, 8am - 4:30pm, Monday to Friday. The Occupational Health & Safety 24hr Emergency Line is 902-628-7513. We are also available by email:For Occupational Health and Safety, contact ohs@wcb.pe.caFor information about workers compensation claims, contact workerservices@wcb.pe.caFor information about employer accounts, contact safetymatters@wcb.pe.ca We ask for your patience as we manage the impact of COVID-19 on the way we deliver services to Islanders. We will continue to offer services to our clients as long as it is safe to do so.For the safety of our clients and staff, we will practise physical distancing and will wear non-medical masks at all times when providing service.WCB staff are available to assist workers and employers over the phone or by email. Essential visits to the WCB office may be able to be arranged by appointment only.OHS Officers will continue to assist workplaces with health and safety matters. Where worksite visits are required, Officers will wear non-medical masks and use physical distancing to ensure safety. OHS Education Consultants are available to assist employers by providing presentations and guidance on various health and safety topics. Upon request, virtual presentation options are available as well as in-person meetings (provided the appropriate COVID-19 precautions are in place.) Consultants will wear non-medical masks and use physical distancing to ensure safety.Benefit payments for eligible workers will continue and new claims will be processed. We will process payments and claims as quickly as possible. If you have any questions about your claim, please contact your case worker. WCB staff are available to recieve payments and assist employers with their accounts. Employers and health care providers can access WCB Online Services at any time. ?

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