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By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 5 Minutes Read June 20, 2013

HRinfodesk poll result and commentary: Do you know what the Globally Harmonized System is?

Well it seems not many people know about the Globally Harmonized System. When we asked in our poll of April 19, 2013, “Do you know what the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) is?” Out of 221 respondents, 140 (63.35 percent) said no. The rest of the respondents either knew about GHS (59/26.70 percent) or were not sure (22/9.95 percent). So, what is the Globally Harmonized System?

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Union Relations / Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, classifying chemicals, classifying hazards, employment law, format and content for labels and safety data sheets, GHS, GHS 16-heading Safety Data Sheet, Globally Harmonized System, hazard information, health and safety information on labels and material safety data sheets, Health Canada, health hazards, international trade in chemicals, material safety data sheets, occupational health and safety legislation, physical hazards, safety data sheets, United Nations, WHMIS, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, workplace hazards

By David Hyde | 7 Minutes Read September 26, 2012

What can we learn from recent critical workplace violence incidents?

Under Canadian Occupational Health and Safety legislation, employers are obligated to take all reasonable steps to maintain a safe work environment. In many Provinces (e.g., Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta) as well as the Federal jurisdiction, employers are statutorily obligated to put in place a workplace violence prevention and intervention program (i.e., measures and procedures designed to mitigate the risk of harm from work-related violence)...

Article by David Hyde / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Union Relations / active threats, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, Canadian Occupational Health and Safety legislation, critical incident management, critical incident response plan, critical workplace violence incidents, employment law, indirect critical incidents, physical assaults, risk of violence, safe work environment, sexual assaults, violence prevention, work-related violence, workplace violence, workplace violence prevention and intervention program

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read February 6, 2012

Labelling tool helps organizations comply with WHMIS, OSHA, GHS

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...

Article by Adam Gorley / Health and Safety / Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, CANLabel, CCOHS, chemicals, Chemicals in the workplace, employment law, GHS, Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, Hazardous Materials, labelling, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OELs, OSHA, risk assessment, safety data sheets, WHMIS, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, workplace hazards

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