Why join Bay of Quinte Safety Groups?
Along with your portion of the group's rebate, your firm will continue to receive refunds or surcharges under your regular experience rating program, based on individual performance.
In addition to financial gains, other Safety Group member benefits include:
- Access to “member’s only” website containing H&S management resources, templates and training aides
- Ongoing support for your in house Health & Safety program
- Help to meet legistatiave requirements
- Networking opportunites to share best practices
- Opportunity to include other staff members in classroom sessions
- Member discounted rates to upcoming safety workshops & conferences
- Self-reliance in managing WSIB claims and return to work
- Fewer WSIB claims
- Increase competitiveness
- Increase productivity
- Reduced lost time due to injury or illness or retraining requirments
- Enhanced public perception
- Increased employee morale
- Possible prevention of Misnistry of Labour fines
- Maintain a healthy and stable workforce
- Membership to Bay of Quinte Safe Communities including voting rights
- Support of Bay of Quinte Safe Communities - a not for profit, community based safety organization
Program Eligibility
To participate in the Safety Groups Program, your firm must:
- Have commitment from the owner or senior management to participate in the program
- Create and enhance a safety culture in the workplace
- Be a Schedule 1 firm
- Be in good standing with the WSIB
- Be committed to participating for a least one full calendar year
- Participate in only one safety group at a time
- Not be a current member of the Safe Communities Incentive Program (SCIP).
How does the program work?
At the beginning of each year, your firm selects five safety elements from the Safety Groups’ Achievement List provided by the WSIB that will initiate or improve upon your inhouse Health & Safety Program. You will learn how to implement these initiatives through attending meetings, sharing ideas and pooling resources with other firms in your safety group. At the end of the year, the group can receive a rebate, based on the entire group's success in implementing their selected safety elements. When participating in subsequent years, a firm is required to maintain their elements from the previous year and pick five new elements.
Participation Requirements
To maintain your status in the Safety Groups program and to be eligible for the financial rebate, you must complete the following requirements:
- Participate in at least three safety group meetings throughout the year
- Complete baseline and year-end assessments of your firm's health and safety program strengths and weaknesses
- Develop and implement an action plan of health and safety elements
- Keep the sponsor informed of your progress
- Submit a year-end achievement report documenting your accomplishments for the year.
- Not have any fatalities in the program year.
The Safety Group Advantage Program (SGAP) is a temporary program developed by WSIB for firms who have successfully completed 5 years in the general Safety Group Program and want to strive towards the proposed WSIB Accreditation Program.
SGAP is designed to place the firms at a business advantage by working directly with the proposed Accreditation concepts. Also, there is an advantage if a firm can reduce their WSIB premiums by participating in the potential financial incentive beyond the five year general Safety Groups Program. And continue to network with like-minded businesses by participating in the SGAP meetings.
Purpose:
- Move firms towards WSIB Accreditation program
- Continuous improvement of all previous Safety Group elements
- Continuing to network and share health & safety information
Firm eligibility:
- Year One - successfully completed a minimum 5 years in Safety Group Program
- Year Two – successfully completed Advantage Program Year One
- WSIB account in good standing
- The firm is not registered with another WSIB incentive program (SCIP, Accreditation)
Member Firm Role:
- Complete and sign a Safety Group Program application form and submit to Safety Group Sponsor
- Complete Action Plan outlining the mandatory five (5) elements with objectives to complete the 5-Step Management System
- Submit all Safety Group Program reports to Sponsor by due dates
- Attend a minimum of three (3) general Safety Group meetings arranged by the Sponsor and participate in networking
- Owner/Senior Manager attends at least one Safety Group meeting
- Participate in a validation audit, if selected.
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Testimonials
“Sigma at the end of September (2008) will have gone 2.4 years without a lost time incident…. You always have to be on your toes and be wary of anything new, but thanks to (the Safety Group Coordinator) and Safety groups we have come a long way in our safety record.”
Kevin McCaughen,
Plant Manager, Sigma Stretch Film of Canada
“I was a little nerve racking when I heard the Ministry of Labor was here but, with the programs we have put into place it made the visit much more bearable. . . I was able to answer his questions quickly and was able to show him everything he was asking for. . . Being a part of the Safety Group has pushed us to put our policies into place and to maintain them. . . The visit went well.”
Karen Morton
Deerhaven Farm & Garden
"Looking forward to another stimulating year."
Lise Annett
Tim Hortons Napanee
What our Safety Group members say are the top 10 benefits of the program:
- Sharing best practices & expertise
- Networking
- WSIB rebate
- Helps focus & stay on track
- Resources & forms
- New ideas
- Wealth of information
- Professional advice
- Improving the effectiveness of our Health & Safety program
- Heightened awareness form the CEO down
Registration for 2010 is now CLOSED
contact us to inquire about joining for 2011
2010 Membership Fees
| 1-50 employees |
$300.00 |
| 51-75 employees |
$400.00 |
| 76+ employees |
$500.00 |
| Muliple WSIB numbers
within the same corporartion |
$500.00 |
Bay of Quinte Safe Communities also shares in the group success
by invoicing 15% of your WSIB Safety Group rebate
click here to complete the REGISTRATION FORM
then
click here to complete the Participation Agreement
send them to:
Bay of Quinte Safe Communites
fax: 1-877-729-2739
email: bayofquinte@safecommunities.ca
mail: 116 Pinnacle Street, Suite 200
Belleville, Ontario, K8N 3A4
2010 Meetings:
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116 Pinnacle Street (main floor), in Belleville, Ontario.
The building is next to the Legion and within the first block north of Highway #2 (Dundas Street).
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Parking is available behind the building or at the public lot 1/2 blocks north. |
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9am - 12pm. |
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September 1, 2010 |
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We will be looking at STEP 4 - Evaluation
For this meeting, please bring evaluation tools and best practices |
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