Supporting employees’ health during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic presents as a risk towards both the physical and mental health of your employees. Self-isolation can have a drastic impact on the mental wellbeing on your employees.
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Health Canada proposes restrictions on the promotion of vaping products under the Tobacco and Vaping Product Act
Health Canada has proposed new regulations that would place stricter limits on the advertising and promotion of vaping products and make health warnings on vaping products mandatory. According to Health Canada, the proposed Vaping Products Promotion Regulations (the Proposed Regulations) under the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA) are a stated effort to mitigate the impact of vaping product promotion on young persons and non-users of nicotine containing products.
What the Coronavirus means for Canadian employers
Over the past several weeks, news of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV or Coronavirus) has dominated our newsfeeds, which at the time of writing has three confirmed cases in Ontario, two of which are in Toronto. The virus has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) and in order to control the outbreak, China has responded with an aggressive strategy and taken the extraordinary step of confining residents in the city of Wuhan (the epicentre of the outbreak) to their homes.
