Employers Advisors Group: Helping Employers Navigate WorkSafe BC

Today’s Virtual Breakfast Forum featured speaker Dave Herald, the Executive Director of the Employers Advisors Group.  This organization is in place to help employers understand their rights & responsibilities, and how to navigate WorkSafeBC. They provide advice, assistance and representation to the employer community.

The Employers Advisors Group is independent from WorkSafeBC, and there is no charge for their services. It is paid for by the accident fund/premiums that employers pay into WorkSafeBC.

There are 8 offices around the province, with 25 Employers Advisors, 8 Admin staff and 7 on the Leadership team.

Their support is not traditional representation on behalf of the Employer, like a what a lawyer would handle. They don’t take things over, but it is the employers’ voice they assist with, to get forward within the system. While they are bound by confidentiality, they do have real time access to files and can notice some issues that they can encourage employers to go back to WorkSafeBC to get more info that they can discuss with them.

You can download the presentation deck here.

For more information, you can contact them at 1.800.925.2233 / EAO@eao-bc.org