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WHMIS phase 3: Are you ready for September?

Complying with WHMIS has been an ongoing mission to ensure safety within the workplace when working alongside hazardous materials. Compliance for WHMIS has been split up into 3 phases, and phase 3 commences on September 1. Are you ready?

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Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with appropriate payroll deductions; Canada Revenue Agency's tax deduction estimator for TD1s; and, amendments to WHMIS to implement Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Label (GHS).

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Ontario employers must provide workers with mandatory health and safety training by July 1, 2014

A new regulation under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act mandates basic safety awareness training for all Ontario workers and supervisors – with a specific focus on small business and vulnerable workers.

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