workplace hazards
February 1, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr Employee Relations, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources,
As temperatures plunge in several Canadian provinces, employers must take precautions to prevent cold stress while employees work outside.
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April 17, 2012 Adam Gorley Corporate Immigration, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development
A few years ago, the Institute for Work and Health decided to look for health and safety resources for recent immigrants. When it didn’t have much luck, the institute took the initiative to develop its own comprehensive tool kit. While the package is designed for immigrant settlement agencies to use in their orientation programs, organizations that employ immigrants should find it contains much valuable information that they can use in their own training efforts…
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February 6, 2012 Adam Gorley Health and Safety, Human Resources
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety has released an online tool to help organizations that handle chemicals comply with requirements under Canada’s WHMIS, the United States’ OSHA standard and the new Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals. If you’re keeping an eye on the GHS implementation, this might interest you…
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April 26, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr Health and Safety, Human Resources, Privacy and Security
Safety is the expressed justification that’s driving the use of GPS in the workplace; however, from what was explained, most employers’ use goes beyond safety. Frankly, I was taken aback by the lengths to which employers are going to track the whereabouts and activities of their employees in the name of safety.
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February 25, 2011 Christina Catenacci Health and Safety, Human Resources
The Ontario Ministry of Labour recently emailed their latest Court Bulletin indicating that a company that makes plastic auto parts received a hefty fine of $50,000 for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
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August 20, 2010 Christina Catenacci Health and Safety, Human Resources
The Ministry of Labour just laid charges carrying fines of up to $17,000,000 against two companies that ran and supplied a platform that collapsed last year. There were also charges against executives and supervisors that could carry fines and time in jail.
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