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mandatory health and safety training

By Marcia Scheffler | 3 Minutes Read March 17, 2015

Hot tips for summer student workplace supervision, safety and success!

This is the first summer that Ontario employers have new liability and responsibility to summer students who are with them in unpaid co-op or internships.  The Occupational Health and Safety Act coverage expanded to unpaid co-op students and learners in work placements, effective November 20, 2014.

For employers, this means that unpaid summer co-op students should be subject to the same training, orientation, supervision and safety requirements as paid young workers in the workplace.  While some employers might see summer students as a quick fix to cover for vacations and to complete extra projects, employers who commit to the safety and supervision of all students, both paid and unpaid will have more successful short-term and long-term outcomes in their organization.

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Occupational Health and Safety basic awareness training

This is now the second summer that the mandatory basic health and safety awareness training for employees is applicable to … Continue reading “Hot tips for summer student workplace supervision, safety and success!”

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By Marcia Scheffler | 3 Minutes Read January 20, 2015

Training and development – your organization needs a plan!

Training employees is a compliance issue—even if your organization is not in Quebec.  In Quebec organizations are legislated to direct 1 percent of total payroll to be allocated to eligible training costs.

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By Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm | 3 Minutes Read January 15, 2015

The top 10 employment law stories of 2014

Here is a list of 10 cases that changed the employment law landscape in 2014.

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