CSSEA Info - September 2015

BILL 9 UPDATE PRESENTATION

On September 3, 2015, CSSEA hosted a webinar presentation by Stephen Symon, ILS Manager: Health Care, Social Services and Education with WorkSafeBC on Bill 9 which contains a number of changes to Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act (the Act).

The goal of the changes is to improve workplace health and safety and strengthen the tools that WorkSafeBC uses to enforce the Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation.

The changes to the Act that became effective May 14, 2015 include:

•  Expanded stop work order powers 
•  Changes to employer incident investigations 
•  Expanded injunction powers 
•  Changes to penalty due diligence

We are pleased to provide you with a copy of the presentation. It is under the members' section under Health and Safety. If you have any questions regarding Bill 9, you are invited to contact Stephen at:

Stephen Symon
ILS Manager: Health Care, Social Services and Education
WorkSafeBC
W 604.233.4054 | M 604.319.4817 | Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

You are also encouraged to visit the WorkSafeBC Safety at Work website at
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Portals/HealthCare/Home.asp where you can sign up to receive the Health Care Enews (with industry specific health care related topics).

2015 Compensation and Employee Turnover Survey

For those agencies that still have not submitted the 2015 Compensation and Employee Turnover Survey, please send your completed survey to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Our goal is to have 100% reporting.

CSSEA is required to submit sector compensation data to PSEC this fall. An accurate and complete picture of compensation in the sector is important in order for the sector to receive the necessary funding for a potential Economic Stability Dividend in February 2016 and the comparability and anomaly wage increases in April 2016.

If you require assistance to complete the survey, please contact Eric Peraro at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .