Certificate Of Recognition Dept: Your recent editorial outlined changes to Alberta's certificate of recognition COR program, but may have misled your readers because it only provided partial information. This was a surprise, given how much coverage the has devoted to workplace safety issues over the past year, according to Calgary Herald. You mention that government needs to address the issue of employers hiding or under-reporting their workplace injuries to avoid losing their certification. This overlooks the fact that employers are not the only ones who can report serious injuries. Employees can, and should, report these injuries. The doctors who treat them have an obligation to report workplace incidents as well and re: "Safe workplaces a priority," Editorial, June 7. You suggest that new checks and balances are needed to prevent unsafe companies from getting certified in the first place. Those checks and balances have always been in place, and always will be. Beginning July 1, we're implementing stricter guidelines to ensure all companies that demonstrated strong health and safety practices to receive their COR, continue with those practices day in and day out. As
reported in the news.
@t cor program, calgary herald
12.6.11
