About the Program
The WSIB Health and Safety Excellence program is a performance-based incentive initiative offering Ontario businesses a clear roadmap to boost workplace health and safety, providing both financial and non-financial rewards.
With over 40 health and safety topics to choose from, businesses can customize the program to meet their specific needs, focusing on the areas that matter most to their health and safety goals.
Program Benefits
- Financial rebates
- Program participation acknowledgement (digital badge)
- Introduction to Ontario’s health and safety system partners and programs
- Access to easy-to-use health and safety resources and solutions
- Assists businesses in maintaining focus and progress while developing their H&S system and achieving compliance
- Improved business health and safety culture
- Networking opportunities
- Workplace injury and illness prevention
How WSPS helps
As a WSIB approved provider, WSPS assists in developing and implementing health and safety topics, offering support from leading experts, a dedicated Health and Safety Excellence program team, exclusive tools, resources on a members-only Community Site, webinars, and networking opportunities. Members also enjoy a 10% discount on select WSPS courses, conferences, workshops, and consulting services.
We offer the Health and Safety Excellence program in English and some services in French. To find a provider that offers the full program in French, please contact the WSIB at healthandsafetyexcellence@wsib.on.ca and they’ll recommend the provider(s) that best matches your needs.
Nous offrons le programme Excellence en santé et sécurité en anglais et certains services en français. Pour trouver un prestataire qui offre tout le programme en français, veuillez communiquer avec la WSIB à excellenceensanteetsecurite@wsib.on.ca et elle vous recommandera le ou les prestataires qui correspondent le plus à vos besoins.
Eligibility
All businesses with an active WSIB account can participate. Those not paying WSIB premiums (Schedule 2) are eligible for non-financial rewards. Businesses with a workplace traumatic fatality during enrollment are not eligible for Health and Safety Excellence program rebates until a WSIB decision is made.
Program Steps
Four easy steps lead to Health & Safety Excellence program success, where your efforts, combined with our support, coaching, and guidance, determine outcomes.
Step 1: Get Started
- Register with WSPS.
- Complete a health and safety needs assessment and culture survey to identify health and safety gaps in your workplace.
- Select up to five health and safety topics that your business will work on (Action Plan).
Step 2: Develop Your Topic(s)
- Receive support and coaching from WSPS experts to develop and implement your topics into your business.
- Access exclusive tools, resources and sample programs on our WSPS community site.
- Attend optional webinars and networking sessions to further your understanding of the topic and progress your plan.
Step 3: Demonstrate Action
- Create your evidence package (demonstrate how you have implemented your topics).
- WSPS reviews evidence package and provides feedback.
- Incorporate WSPS feedback.
- Submit evidence package to the WSIB for validation.
Step 4: Achieve Success
- Receive a WSIB financial rebate.
- Earn program participation badges for successful completion of program levels.
- Display your program participation badges on your website, social media channels and/or other marketing media. (optional)
Note: Rebate amounts depend on completed topics, business size, past claims, insurable earnings, and WSIB premiums from the previous year.
Program Cost
The cost to participate in the Health & Safety Excellence program is based on the amount of premiums a member paid in the prior year for the related WSIB account.
WSIB Premium Amount Excellence Program Registration Fee:
| WSIB Premium Amount | | Registration Fee |
| < $100,000 | | $800 |
| $100,000 - $1 million | | $1,700 |
| $1 million+ | | $2,500 |
IMPORTANT:
Receive a $1,000 every time you create a new health and safety action plan.**
NOTES:
- All fees are non-refundable once activation of the WSIB Health & Safety Excellence program digital platform occurs.
- The application fee will not be refunded if the member leaves the program or is removed from the program due to non-conformance to the Terms and Conditions of Participation.
Volume Discount
Businesses registering five or more WSIB accounts into the program will receive a $200 discount per WSIB account registered.
Rebate Structure
The amount you earn in rebates is based on the number of topics you complete and your reported WSIB premiums for the previous year.
You can complete up to five topics in each health and safety action plan.
| Premiums reported the previous year | Rebate amount per topic* (maximum five topics per action plan) |
$1-$50,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,001-$100,000 | $3,000 |
| $100,001-$250,000 | $5,500 |
$250,001-$500,000 | $8,000 |
| $500,001-$1,000,000 | $12,000 |
| $1,000,001-$2,000,000 | $20,000 |
| $2,000,001-$5,000,000 | $37,000 |
| $5,000,001 + | $50,000 |
*The maximum rebate per action plan regardless of the number of topics completed is 200 per cent or two times your previous year's reported premiums.
**Schedule 2 businesses are not eligible to receive rebates or financial incentives as they do not pay WSIB premiums.
