Health and Safety Excellence program: Learn about our program
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Why join the Health and Safety Excellence program?
Our Health and Safety Excellence program helps you make your workplace safer, while earning rebates on your WSIB premiums. Through our program, you’ll benefit from:
- Reduced risk of injuries and illnesses in your workplace and a stronger health and safety culture
- Recognition to show your commitment to health and safety to your employees, customers and community
- And if you’re a smaller business (1-99 full-time employees), you can earn double the rebates on your annual WSIB premiums, plus $1,000 toward your health and safety plan, in 2023!
No matter the size of your business – whether you're just getting started or want to build on safety practices you already have in place – one of our WSIB-approved program providers will help you every step of the way.
The WSIB’s Health and Safety Excellence program helps you develop an internal culture that respects and prioritizes health and safety. We received immeasurable assistance from our program provider that helped us create a safer workplace.
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Learn more
Need more information before joining? Sign-up for an information session to learn about what you can expect in the program and how investing in health and safety can boost your bottom line.
Program at a glance
A WSIB-approved program provider will help you develop a health and safety action plan based on different focus areas, known as program topics, such as controlling a hazard and emergency preparation.
The program has three levels – foundations, intermediate and advanced. There are 36 topics spread across the three levels.
You can start the enrolment process by choosing a program provider or speaking with one of our program consultants about your unique business needs.
Calculate your estimated rebates
The amount you receive in rebates from the program depends on how many health and safety topics you complete, the size of your business and your WSIB premiums for the previous year.
Businesses can choose to complete up to five topics in their health and safety action plan and will typically receive a minimum rebate of $1,000 up to a maximum of $50,000 per completed topic. Please note though, that the most you'll receive in rebates, regardless of how many topics you complete, is equal to the amount of your WSIB premiums the previous year. For example, if a business completes five topics but their premiums were $4,000 last year, they would earn a rebate of $4,000.
However, for 2023, smaller businesses (1-99 full-time employees) can earn double the health and safety rebates, plus $1,000 for their health and safety plan. So, that small business that would normally only be eligible for up to $4,000 is now able to earn up to $9,000 - up to $8,000 in rebates, plus the additional $1,000 for their health and safety plan.
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Earn recognition
You can earn recognition badges that you can use on your website, in your email signature and other marketing materials to show people your commitment to workplace health and safety. Your badges will also show up on your business profile on our website when people search for safety statistics.