Iqaluit, NU (Dec 10, 2019) – On December 05, 2019, the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission filed sixteen charges in the Nunavut Court of Justice under the Mine Health & Safety Act.
 
Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation are charged with multiple counts which allege various offences in violation of the Mine Health & Safety Act, including failing to supervise, instruct and train as is necessary to protect the health and safety of workers and failing to provide and maintain healthy and safe worksites.
The charges stem from an incident in

Yellowknife, NT (November 28, 2019) – The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (WSCC) have announced the 2020 employer assessment rates.

The workers’ compensation system provides a form of group insurance. The assessments employers pay are pooled into a fund called ‘the Workers’ Protection Fund’. This fund protects individual employers against lawsuits related to workplace injuries and is used to pay benefits and provide services to injured workers. 

WSCC will be performing maintenance to our systems beginning at 3:00 PM MST. The following services will be unavailable:

- Clearances
- Account Activity
- Pre-authorized Payments

These services will resume on Monday, November 18, at 8:30 am. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please call 1-800-661-0792 to report a serious workplace incident or injury.

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