New Brunswick employers will share a $151.2-million performance refund, and their average workers’ compensation assessment rate will stay at $1.10 per $100 of assessable payroll in 2027. The rate is… …
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Legislation & Government PolicyOur Favourites
WorkSafeNB moves OHS guide online, retires mobile app
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberWorkSafeNB is shifting its occupational health and safety information to an online-only guide, phasing out the mobile app that has served the same purpose for New Brunswickers. The organization developed… …
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Features & AnalysisOur Favourites
WorkSafeNB warns employers over AI-generated safety policies
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberWorkSafeNB is warning employers that artificial intelligence tools can produce workplace health and safety policies containing errors, including references to the wrong province’s laws. The regulator said it has seen… …
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WorkSafeNB will hold its annual general meeting online on Oct. 6, giving partners and media a look at the organization’s recent performance and its priorities for the year ahead. The… …
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Training & EducationWorkplace Safety
Registration opens for WorkSafeNB’s annnual safety conference in Fredericton
Health and safety professionals from across New Brunswick will gather in Fredericton this October for WorkSafeNB’s annual conference, which opens registration this week featuring Olympic figure skater Tessa Virtue and… …
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Features & AnalysisMental Health & WellbeingWorkplace Safety
WorkSafeNB expands mental health app to firefighters, coroner staff
WorkSafeNB has expanded a mental health monitoring app to the Moncton Fire Department and New Brunswick Coroner Services, giving more frontline workers a tool to track psychological stress before it… …
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Legislation & Government PolicyWorkplace Safety
WorkSafeNB reports fewer workplace deaths, record-low assessment rate in 2025
WorkSafeNB recorded nine workplace fatalities in 2025, down from 15 the year before, according to the Crown corporation’s 2025 annual report released July 9. The report covers the first full… …
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AwardsWorkplace Safety
WorkSafeNB names four Future of Safety Scholarship winners from nearly 400 applicants
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberWorkSafeNB has selected four New Brunswick students as recipients of its 2026 Future of Safety Scholarship, chosen from a pool of nearly 400 applicants. Each recipient receives $2,500 to support… …
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Legislation & Government PolicyWorkplace Safety
WorkSafeNB seeks public input on workers’ compensation law overhaul
WorkSafeNB has launched a public consultation to simplify and modernize the legislative framework governing New Brunswick’s workers’ compensation system. The consultation, open from June 15 to July 31, 2026, invites… …


