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By Adam Gorley | 4 Minutes Read October 23, 2015

How to create an occupational health and safety policy manual

With heightened scrutiny over workplaces and increased penalties for workplace incidents causing injuries—or worse, death—employers must ensure they understand their obligations under occupational health and safety legislation. One of the fundamental obligations is to prepare workplace safety and health policies and procedures and to train employees and supervisors on them. But where to start?

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By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 2 Minutes Read March 2, 2011

Proposed expanded window for WSIB’s NEER policy

Another significant WSIB change is the draft Work Reintegration NEER policy. The new Work Reintegration NEER policy, which came into effect on December 1, 2010, subject to a consultation period until February 15, 2011, expands the window of retrospective rating of claims costs for those employers subject to NEER to...

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