On July 1, 2021, B.C. moved into Step 3 of its COVID-19 Restart
Plan. As part of this phase, B.C. employers are no longer required
to maintain a WorkSafeBC approved COVID-19 Safety Plan. Instead,
they are required to transition to a Communicable Disease
Prevention Plan.
What is a Communicable Disease Prevention Plan?
It is a plan that outlines the steps an employer is taking to
reduce the risk to their workers from communicable diseases in
their workplace. To assist employers in understanding what a
Communicable Disease Prevention Plan should include, WorkSafeBC has
issued
Guideline G-P2-21 Communicable Disease Prevention, which
provides guidance as to the expected contents of the plan, which
include:
