How You Can Encourage Workers To Wear Safety Gloves
Millions of workers each year are hurt on the job from hand-related injuries. So many of these injuries are caused by workers either removing their safety gloves or just not wearing them at all. If you want your workers to wear or keep their gloves on, there are two factors to take in mind and how you can help solve [...]
Occupational Health and Safety Act Responsibilities For Small Businesses
Did You Know Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), small business employers have many of the same duties as any other employer, including the following: to do everything they reasonably can to protect their workers in each situation to inform, instruct and supervise workers to protect their health and safety to make sure that every worker and supervisor takes the required [...]
The Benefits of Workplace Safety Training
Workplace safety is extremely important and must be a top priority for all employers. […]
New – The Right To Disconnect From Work
Employers that employ 25 or more employees are required to have a written policy on disconnecting from work in place for all employees. They are also required to provide a copy of the written policy to all employees. It is the individual number of employees that are counted, and not the number of "full-time equivalents." Part-time employees and casual employees each [...]
Businesses Must Have Naloxone Kits In Ontario
Ontario Ministry Of Labour News What is Naloxone? Workplaces in Ontario that have a high risk of opioid overdoses will be required to have naloxone kits under the new provincial legislation. Naloxone is a medication that can temporarily reverse the effects of an opioid overdose and allow time for medical help to arrive. Businesses in high-risk settings will have to [...]
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