Partners in Injury Reduction (PIR) Program

Partnerships Program

AMHSA, Alberta Employment and Immigration (formerly Alberta Human Resources and Employment) and the Workers' Compensation Board-Alberta have teamed up to help municipalities earn special financial incentives while developing and implementing their health and safety management systems. This voluntary program is called Partnerships or Partners in Injury Reduction (PIR).

Cetificate of Recognition (COR)

Any municipality in Alberta can participate in this program. A municipality implements a health and safety management system and has the system audited through an external audit arranged through AMHSA. If the municipality's system meets the minimum standard, it can achieve a Certificate of Recognition (COR). The municipality then maintains its COR through annual audits.

Under 10 employees? Small Employer Certificate of Recognition (SECOR) program.

How does the financial incentive work?

Successful municipalities can earn a PIR discount from the WCB. To qualify for the PIR discount, municipalities must have a valid COR and meet additional Partnerships program requirements. The incentive ranges from 5% to 20% of the industry premium rate, depending on the municipality's claims cost history. This discount is in addition to any reduction or discount from WCB. Contact AMHSA with any of your questions about the program. To qualify for this incentive, municipalities need to register in the PIR program with the WCB: PIR Registration Form (pdf).

Additional information:

• AEI – Partnerships & CORs
• AEI – Partnerships Publications
• AEI – Certificate of Recognition (FAQ)
• AEI – Employers with a COR

AMHSA Municipal Audit Tool

Instructions: Save the following file to your computer. See important notes below.

RIGHT CLICK ON THE LINK DOWNLOAD ARROW and click "Save Target As..."
	LINK: Microsoft Excel Municipal Audit Tool (updated March 2009)
	Other Downloads Available: NEW Table 1: Audit Sampling Criteria for Interviews & Sites - 2008 NEW Executive Report Template - 2009 NEW Executive Report Guidelines - 2008 NEW Quality Assurance Review Form - 2008 Auditor Code of Ethics COR Policies & Procedures Manual – 2009 Limited Scope Procedures

* Notes:

1) Some of the worksheets have been automated, particularly the audit tool and summary score sheet (the interview sheets are meant to be printed and manually completed).
2) Macros MUST be enabled for the tool to function properly.
3) This audit tool has been tested to work with Microsoft Excel version 2002 and 2003 (not Excel '97).

Your feedback/comments are greatly appreciated. Enjoy!

For any questions or concerns, please email Shannon.