Canada’s Safest Employers Awards 2023 - Key Media Inc. Nomination

Canada’s Safest Employer for Young Workers

Young workers are hurt at a disproportionate rate and organizations need to put unique practices in place to engage, train and mentor young workers. This award recognizes an organization in any industry that has innovated in ways to do this and has displayed exemplary health and safety practices specifically targeted to workers under the age of 25.

Technical Guidelines

The information you include in this form will be the only documentation provided to the judging panel for winner selection. All finalist submissions will remain confidential and are protected by the Non-Disclosure Agreement signed by all judges, and will only be shared with the judging panel except where stated otherwise. You can save your submission as a draft and return to it multiple times, however, we recommend that you save your work externally and upload your entire submission once complete, to avoid any loss of data that can be caused by possible technical/server/connectivity issues. Please adhere to the due date of Friday, April 21st, 2023 11:59 pm ET. By submitting this form and the information within it, you confirm you have the right to do so on behalf of the finalist individual or organization and you verify that all information within it is true, complete and accurate.nn

Organization *

Industry *

Number of full time employees in Canada *

Contact person *

Job title *

Contact email *

Contact phone *

Kindly upload a Company Logo (if finalist is a company) or Formal Headshot (if finalist is an individual)- Upload Limit: 5MB; 5000 pixels by 5000 pixels; PNG, JPEG or PDF formats only *

1. Eligibility:

a. Have you been an employer in Canada for the last ten years or more?: *

Yes

b. Do you have more than 20 employees?: *

Yes

c. Are you willing to administer an employee perception survey provided by the Canada’s Safest Employers organizing committee to your workforce should you be shortlisted? (See FAQ section for details.): *

Yes

Note: If you answered No to any of the questions above, you are not eligible to participate in the selection process for Canada’s Safest Employers Awards

d. In the last five years, has your company been charged under occupational health and safety, workers' compensation and/or the Criminal Code legislation? (If yes, please give details): *

Yes

(If yes, please explain. If no, write N/A) *

e. In the last five years, have you incurred any workplace fatalities? (If yes, please explain): *

Yes

(If yes, please explain. If no, write N/A) *

f. In the last five years, has your company been convicted under the occupational health and safety, workers' compensation and/or the Criminal Code legislation? (If yes, please explain.): *

Yes

(If yes, please explain. If no, write N/A) *

2. Total number of employees: *

3. What percent of your employees are under 25 years of age?: *

4. In what capacity do you employ young workers? (e.g. largely seasonal or regularly throughout the year) *

5. How do you determine what work is suitable for young workers? *

6. Do you conduct a hazard assessment specifically for the types of hazards young workers may encounter? *

7. How does a young worker's immediate manager as well as upper management demonstrate a commitment to young worker safety? *

8. Please describe your orientation program for young workers? How do you deliver it in a way that resonates with this age group? *

9. How do you engage these workers in safety and make sure it is a priority for them? *

10. What inspires you to make young worker health and safety a priority? *

11. Injury Statistics in the last three years; Lost-time injury (LTI rate)

2020 *

2021 *

2022 *

If you wish, you may upload any supplementary materials to support your answers. - Upload Limit: 5GB in total; PNG, JPEG, PDF, DOC formats only

Nominator Name: *

Nominator Job Title: *

Nominator Organization: *

Nominator Email: *

Nominator Telephone: *