ÒIn November 2016, the Workplace
Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) approved
its new rate framework. For over three
years, WSPS' advisory committees have
been participating in the consultation
process on the framework modernization
project, providing critical feedback from
the agriculture, manufacturing and service
sectors. "The WSPS Executive Advisory
Committee and the subsector advisory
committees have played an integral role
in the development of the WSIB's new rate
framework by sharing industry concerns,
seeking clarification and greater
understanding, as well as providing well
thought out positions and alternatives
for consideration," says Jean-Serge Bidal,
Executive Director, WSIB.
More than 100 Ontario businesses are
represented on WSPS' 10 advisory
committees. Committee members are
industry leaders who mobilize their
expertise and sector-specific knowledge
in helping WSPS achieve its mission and
vision. They bring insight to selected
projects, in tandem with WSPS and its
board of directors, and other ministries
and prevention partners.
Leaders
Protecting life
through information
sharing
Advisory Committees
instrumental in rate
framework modernization
ÒFrank Saunders, Bruce Power's Vice
President of Nuclear Oversight and
Regulatory Affairs, is serious about
the role leadership plays in keeping
people safe. "Without leadership in
health and safety, you're just trusting
luck, essentially," he says.
Saunders epitomizes the kind of senior leader that WSPS
looks to partner with. A member of the CEO Health + Safety
Leadership Network, he also lends his expertise to the Ontario
Prevention Council, the Conference Board of Canada's Health
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