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Richmond, B.C., October 6, 2008 — WorkSafeBC has initiated a new service offering workers and employers general information and online resources to its Punjabi and Chinese speaking customers. The pages are easily accessible through translated links located at the top of the WorkSafeBC.com home page.
Available in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Punjabi, the three new offerings provide workers and employers with information on:
- How to report a work-related injury and start a claim
- Details for employers on how to register a business
- Links to WorkSafeBC’s many translated health and safety publications
The specific pages also include welcome webcasts in Punjabi, Mandarin, and Cantonese, featuring WorkSafeBC staff who explain the role and history of WorkSafeBC and provide a brief overview of the available online tools and resources.
“This is a major step forward in our goal to provide the best in customer service to all our customers, especially the growing number of workers and employers in this province whose first languages are Punjabi, Cantonese, or Mandarin,” said Scott McCloy, WorkSafeBC’s director of Communications.
The languages were chosen based on the frequency of calls and requests received by WorkSafeBC. Later this year, pages in Spanish, Vietnamese, French, and Korean will be added to WorkSafeBC’s web site.
WorkSafeBC is an independent provincial statutory agency governed by a Board of Directors that serves nearly two million workers and more than 190,000 employers. WorkSafeBC was born from the historic compromise between B.C.'s workers and employers in 1917 where workers gave up the right to sue their employers and fellow workers for injuries on the job in return for a no-fault insurance program fully paid for by employers. The organization is committed to safe and healthy workplaces and to providing return-to-work rehabilitation and legislated compensation benefits.
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| Terence Little, Manager |
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