Fonds 416 - Northwest Territories. Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission fonds

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Northwest Territories. Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission fonds

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416

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  • 2001-2013 (Creation)
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    Northwest Territories. Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission

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2.05 m of textual records

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(2008-present)

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The Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (WSCC) was established on April 1st, 2008 when new Workers' Compensation Acts came into force in both territories, changing the name of the corporation to WSCC from Workers' Compensation Board. In addition to the Workers' Compensation Act, the WSCC administers the Safety Act, Explosives Use Act, and the Mine Health and Safety Act.

The WSCC promotes safety in the workplace and operates an insurance system to compensate workers for wage losses due to accidents occuring during the course of employment. Its responsibilities include providing guidance and safety inspections, adjudicating claims, administering pensions, providing medical and vocational rehabilitation programs, collecting insurance premiums from employers, and managing its financial resources to ensure funds are available for payments.

The WSCC reports to the Legislative Assemblies of the NWT and Nunavut through the Ministers responsible for the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission, and is directed by a Governance Council composed of seven members appointed by the ministers. It is an arm's length government agency and is funded by assessments levied on employers rather than by appropriations from the Legislative Assemblies of the two territories.

The WSCC originally included the following divisions: Corporate Services, NWT Operations, Nunavut Operations, Prevention Services, Legal, Medical, Human Resources, Communications, and the President. In the summer of 2009 these divisions underwent a reorganization. NWT Operations was broken up and its operational functions were grouped with related administrative functions, while Nunavut Operations remained as the WSCC's branch in Iqaluit. The new divisions created in 2009 were Client and Central Services (responsible for human resources, claims services, and medical services); Revenue and Financial Services (responsible for financial administration and the assessment of employer contributions); and Corporate Communications and Planning Services. The Prevention Services and Legal Services divisions continued and the President division was renamed Executive Services. In 2010, the Corporate Communications and Planning Services division was divided into Information Services, with responsibility for information technology and records management, and Corporate Communications and Policy Services, with responsibility for communications, policy, and the Review Committee.

The divisions were reorganized again in 2012, separating operational and administrative units. Financial Services kept only its financial administration functions; human resource functions were merged with Information Services to form the Corporate Services division; Executive Services and Legal Services were brought together as the President's Office, and Corporate Communications and Policy Services was renamed Executive Services; and the client and employer services functions were brought together to form Stakeholder Services. In 2015, the Prevention Services division was also merged into Stakeholder Services.

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This fonds consists of 2.05 m of textual records, including some created by the WSCC's predecessor, the Workers' Compensation Board. Records include meeting materials from the Governance Council and the Audit Committee, Minister's and President's Chronos (correspondence), and meeting materials for meetings between the Nunavut and Northwest Territories Ministers responsible for the WSCC. The records also include financial statements, agreements, strategic planning workshop material, survey results, records relating to legislation, and a memorandum on the release of employer safety records under ATIPP.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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Access restricted under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

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Copyright held by the Government of the Northwest Territories.

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