Joint Health and Safety Committees

Joint health and safety committees (JHSCs) play a critical role in helping WorkSafeNB toward its vision of "Healthy and safe workplaces in New Brunswick." JHSCs are an important communication link between workers and management and can help create and maintain a positive health and safety culture at their workplaces.

WorkSafeNB values the work of New Brunswick's JHSCs, and, to help make your job a little easier we've developed this page to provide quick and easy access to some documents we believe JHSCs will find useful. 

All JHSC members must complete an educational program prescribed by the regulations. This educational program is offered by approved WorkSafeNB providers. Employers may choose to offer in-house JHSC training by submitting an application for their selected employer-based trainer. More information on becoming an approved JHSC trainer. 

There are three options for JHSC members to complete the required training:

1. 18-hour in-class instruction
2. Blended (6 hr.) in-class instruction
3. Blended (6 hr.) virtual instruction (new)

For the blended options, JHSC members are required to complete five e-courses and one day of in-class instruction or one day virtual instruction. Register here for the e-courses.

To all the JHSC members in New Brunswick, thank you for your commitment to workplace health and safety.

Resources:

• Five Steps to an Effective JHSC (online only)
• Our Joint Health and Safety Committee - Works for You!
• Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Summary of JHSC Legislative Requirements on Project Sites
  
• Summary of JHSC Legislative Requirements for Fixed Workplaces

• JHSC minutes template:
  (PDF format)
  (Word format)
  (Bilingual: PDF format)
  (Bilingual: Word format)

• Sample JHSC recommendation form:
  PDF format
  Word document format
  
  
• Sample JHSC agenda
• Sample JHSC workplace Inspection Form
• Sample JHSC Terms of Reference
• Variance request form
• How Effective is Your JHSC? (self-assessment quiz)

Find a WorkSafeNB-approved JHSC training provider.

Is your committee working at its best to help your workplace stay healthy and safe? Take the How Effective is your JHSC? quiz to find out! Please note that this quiz is intended for JHSCs in fixed workplaces. Different requirements apply to committees for project sites.

Learn more about JHSCs for fixed workplaces or project sites. We encourage all JHSC members to subscribe to E-News to keep up-to-date on health and safety news that can affect their workplace.