This year, WSIB’s Small Business Health and Safety Leadership Awards will recognize small businesses that prioritized health and safety measures during the pandemic and went the extra mile to keep their employees and customers safe.

With the WSIB’s Safety Check feature, it’s easy to check the safety record of businesses across Ontario. You can find out how safe a business is and compare health and safety results of similar businesses.

Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act says that employers and supervisors should “take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker.” This is known as the general duty clause, but what it means in an uncertain period such as during a pandemic is a question many employers have been asking WSPS.

Regardless of what stage your workplace is in - from an essential operation that never closed to a business that’s just re-opened - your joint health and safety committee (JHSC) may be your strongest workplace ally in mounting a defence against COVID-19.