Company Profile
WorkSafeBC
Company Overview
If you want to make a difference in your career and your life, consider applying to WorkSafeBC. There are almost 3,000 of us working to create safe and healthy workplaces for the workers and employers of British Columbia. We're passionate about what we do and are committed to making a difference.
Company History
In the early 1900s British Columbia's population and workforce was growing rapidly and had a desperate need for a compensation system. Forestry, fishing, and mining were the province's core industries — and working conditions in the woods, on the boats, and in the mines were often shockingly dangerous.
It was well known that loggers and mill workers were at risk of being badly injured and permanently maimed. But mining had the reputation of being particularly dangerous, often deadly. Vancouver Island's coal mines were considered the most dangerous in the world. In the worst mining disaster in the province's history, 148 miners lost their lives in a gas explosion at the Vancouver Coal and Land Co. mine in 1887. Their widows received little compensation from the company other than basic housing and food.
The long-awaited passage of B.C.'s Workmen's Compensation Act came in 1902 but it did not come into force until 1917, when the Workmen's Compensation Board was finally created.
Since then four Royal Commissions and numerous task forces, committees, and study groups have worked long and hard to meet the needs of both the employer and the employee. It's a job of constant adjustment and fine-tuning. Two world wars, a depression, new governments with their own ideologies, and changing demographics and economics have all played a part in affecting the province's labour climate.
Through all these changes and events, WorkSafeBC has strived to alleviate the hardship caused by injuries or death in the workplace, and to regulate and ensure safe working conditions through inspection, incentives, and education.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Our vision
Workers and workplaces safe and secure from injury, illness, and disease.
Our mission
To add value for workers and employers by:
Assisting them to create a culture of health and safety in the workplace
Delivering quality decisions and advice
Providing compassionate and supportive service
Ensuring solid financial stewardship now and in the future
Benefits
Because people are our number one asset, we support them with generous benefits and contributions toward a secure future.
Imagine yourself as part of the WorkSafeBC team. Along with a competitive salary, as a permanent employee, your total compensation package includes vacation, optional leave arrangements, health care and dental benefits, and contributions toward your retirement pension.
Vacation and time off
You'll have a generous vacation entitlement that starts at three weeks annually and grows the longer you're with us. Most employees also have the option of working flex hours, where you work a little longer every day in one quarter of the year, in order to earn days off in the next. This works out to be an additional 13 days off each year.
Pension
If you're a permanent employee, you'll automatically be enrolled in our pension plan, funded with contributions from employees and WorkSafeBC.
Security
You'll have the security of knowing that in the unfortunate event of an illness or emergency, our benefits include cumulative sick leave, long-term disability, medical services premiums, extended medical coverage, dental plan, life insurance, and more.
Leave arrangements
Our flexible leave arrangements include a self-funded leave program, which allows you to contribute 20% of your salary annually for four years. You can then take the fifth year off and use your accumulated funds.
As a WorkSafeBC employee, you'll also have access to:
Compensation Employees' Credit Union
Onsite cafeteria and express coffee bar serving Starbucks coffee*
Library
Fitness classes or fitness membership discounts
Transit discounts
Social committee discounts on event tickets
* Richmond office only