Small Business Webinar 2021

The High Hazards Unit in Prevention Division at the Ministry of Labour, Training, Skills and Development (MLTSD) is organizing a Small Business Webinar on October 21, 2021 to coincide with Small Business Week (October 17 to 24, 2021).

The Small Business Webinar will be an educational and supportive session targeting small business owners and/or associations. The webinar will focus on the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by providing tools and resources to make occupational health and safety (OHS) easier for small businesses. The Prevention Division will also provide an opportunity for small businesses to ask questions about Prevention programs or tools.

Presentation topics will include:

• MLTSD’s Safety Plan Builder: MLTSD has launched a free online and interactive tool that will make it easier and faster for employers to create a plan to address the risks of exposures to workplace hazards, like COVID-19, in their workplace.
• Health and Safety Representative Program: Free occupational health and safety training for health and safety representatives in up to 60,000 small businesses, focused on helping to lower injury rates and improve health and safety awareness and practices in small businesses.
• Health and Safety Excellence program options for Small Businesses: A program offered by the Workplace Safety Insurance Board, where small businesses can earn a rebate and non-financial recognition as they build or improve their health and safety program.
• Q&As on Prevention topics and areas of interest: The Prevention Division will answer pre-submitted questions from small business owners/associations on existing programs, tools and resources that are offered by the Prevention Division. We encourage you to ask your questions through the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YZZYLQJ

To compliment the morning webinar, the Ministry’s small business specialist from the Occupational Health and Safety Branch will be conducting their monthly webinar event for small business owners and workers on October 21st. This portion of the afternoon will continue to keep a COVID-19 focus. We encourage participants to also register for this webinar as well: Keeping Ontario Safe- What you need to know about occupational health and safety and employment standards related to COVID-19.

Small Business Day Webinar Agenda

October 21st, 2021 | 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Hosted by: Ministry of Labour, Training, Skills and Development’s (MLTSD) Prevention Division

Webinar via Zoom

Agenda:

8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m.

Welcome Remark from Dr. Joel Moody, Chief Prevention Officer with Dr. Joel Moody

8:35 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.

Keynote Speaker: S.G. Cunningham with Beverley Cunningham

S.G Cunningham is a full-service general contractor and construction management firm and WSIBs 2018 Gold-level winner of the Small Business Health and Safety Leadership award.

8:40 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.

Safety Plan Builder , MLTSD’s Pandemic Workplace Safety Branch with Kathleen Therriault & Avril Beaubien

Free online and interactive tool that will make it easier and faster for employers to create a plan to address the risks of exposures to workplace hazards like COVID-19 in their workplace.

9:10 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Health and Safety Representative Training Program , Workplace Safety and Prevention Services with Kirsi Henry

Free OHS training for health and safety representatives in up to 60,000 small businesses by investing $3.5 million annually over a three‐year period, focused on helping to lower injury rates and improve health and safety awareness and practices in small businesses.

9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

Health and Safety Excellence program options for Small Businesses , Workplace Safety Insurance Board with Tyler Beauchamp

This program provides a topic-by-topic approach to building a health and safety program based on best practices. By completing topics in the program, small businesses can earn rebates on their WSIB premiums.

9:50 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

Occupational Health & Safety Small Business Resources , Occupational Health and Safety Associations

Helpful tools and resources that are designed and tailored to meet the unique health and safety needs of small businesses. These tools and resources have been designed to help reduce costs to small businesses and save time when implementing health and safety measures in your organization.

10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Closing Remarks

Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development – Prevention Division William Roy