Published on: March 30, 2020 by WorkSafeBC:
WorkSafeBC’s Certificate of Recognition (COR) team is working with the certifying partners (CPs) to support employers with 2020 COR audit requirements during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Audits not yet started for employers with COR certifications that expire by August 31, 2020
If you are an employer with an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) or OHS and Return-to-Work (RTW) certification that expires by August 31, 2020 and you have not started the certification audit, you can apply for a “2020 audit waiver.”
To apply:
- Contact your CP to ask for the waiver
- CPs will complete and submit the 2020 audit waiver form to WorkSafeBC on your behalf
- WorkSafeBC will reply to the CP with appropriate approvals
- CPs will contact you to outline next steps
Once approved, we will issue a one-year COR certificate(s) from the date of the original certificate expiry (i.e., expiry of 2020-05-03 will now have expiry of 2021-05-03). This means that employers accepted into the waiver program will require certification audit(s) conducted by an external auditor (or internal auditor for small employers) in 2021 on or before the new expiry date.
To apply, please contact your CP.
Find more information here.