Hidden Hazards in the Workplace: A Young Worker’s Guide
Whether you work in a retail store, a restaurant, an office, or a manufacturing plant, you could be exposed to hazardous materials in the air you breathe, in the chemicals or cleaners you use, and sometimes in the walls and other building materials that surround you.
Understanding Tips and Gratuities
For workers in the service sector, such as servers, cooks, bartenders, taxi drivers, bell staff and tour guides, gratuities are a substantial part of their income.
Shifting Strategies – the Key to Hiring in a Tight Labour Market
It’s hard not to notice the number of “Help Wanted” ads from tourism and hospitality employers in every region across the province. Recent studies confirm that about half of BC’s tourism employers could not hire all the people they needed to run their business at full capacity and/or expand their business in the past couple of years.
CWSAA Retention & Engagement Guide Templates
These templates are intended for illustrative and general information purposes only, and they do not constitute legal advice of any sort.
Guide to Managing Workplace Impairment and Developing an Impairment Policy
This WorkSafeBC resource on managing impairment and developing an effective impairment policy has now been translated into seven languages.
Substance Use and Workplace Impairment
This toolbox meeting talk on managing substance use in the workplace now comes in seven different languages. Spread the word and communicate to your workers in a language they can understand.
Listen to Your Gut
Work can be intimidating, especially if you’re new to the job or don’t have a lot of experience in the industry. WorkSafeBC has created a series of videos, stats, facts, and resources to help you.
Nine Best HR Hacks That Every Business Needs to Know
Efficient, lean HR teams and innovative hiring ideas can provide for the staffing of efficient employees in the most affordable ways. The methods—or innovative hacks—also save time so that the HR professionals and teams can focus on other employee engagement programs and cultural initiatives.