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Two workers at an Ontario lubrication refinery were working near an overflow valve located by a pipe, which led from a lime softener tank. A locking pin had been placed in the valve as a safety measur... Read more
Two workers at an Ontario lubrication refinery were working near an overflow valve located by a pipe, which led from a lime softener tank. A locking pin had been placed in the valve as a safety measur... Read more
Companies across Canada are being pressured to meet strict posting and notification requirements.
With Bongarde's low-cost Labour Law Posters, you can quickly and easily communicate nearly all of this required information to your employees... Read more
With Bongarde's low-cost Labour Law Posters, you can quickly and easily communicate nearly all of this required information to your employees... Read more
Why Companies Shouldn’t Cut Corners on PPE
Companies are always looking to cut costs, especially now. And unfortunately, the safety budget is often one of the first things they look to trim. One of the line items that draws the most scrutiny a... Read more
Companies are always looking to cut costs, especially now. And unfortunately, the safety budget is often one of the first things they look to trim. One of the line items that draws the most scrutiny a... Read more
When Are Individuals ‘Supervisors’ With Safety Duties under OHS Laws?
Canada’s OHS laws are based on the internal responsibility system in which all workplace stakeholders—from company owners to floor workers—must play a role in ensuring a healthy and safe workpla... Read more
Canada’s OHS laws are based on the internal responsibility system in which all workplace stakeholders—from company owners to floor workers—must play a role in ensuring a healthy and safe workpla... Read more
Resource of the Month: Pandemic Resources
When outbreaks of infectious diseases occur, the risk of contracting and spreading the disease becomes a foreseeable risk and is thus covered by the general duty clause. In fact, government authoritie... Read more
When outbreaks of infectious diseases occur, the risk of contracting and spreading the disease becomes a foreseeable risk and is thus covered by the general duty clause. In fact, government authoritie... Read more
A basic principle of due diligence is that employers must take reasonable steps to prevent foreseeable incidents. What makes an incident foreseeable isn’t what a company actually foresaw but what a ... Read more
A company investigates several incidents at its brewery and finds that one worker is responsible for them. The company interviews the worker, who eventually admits to breaking the arm of a chair, jamm... Read more
How to ensure that your company complies with its OHS duty to protect workers who telecommute.... Read more
All employers in Canada have a duty to prevent and protect workers from violence. The OHS laws impose this obligation in one of two ways. In seven jurisdictions—Fed, AB, BC, MB, NS, PEI and SK—the... Read more
Question: If a safety officer issues a stop work order to my company and my company appeals that order, do we still have to comply with the order while the appeal is being decided?... Click here for answer
Question: Are workers allowed to smoke in the workplace?
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Safety Compliance Weekly
Stay up-to-date on the latest safety compliance developments in Canada, plus get ready-to-use safety tools, forms, policies, and more.
Tool of the Month: Home Office Safety Checklist
a home office safety checklist created by Alberta Employment and Immigration that you can adapt to conduct a hazard assessment of a telecommuter’s home office.... Read more
a home office safety checklist created by Alberta Employment and Immigration that you can adapt to conduct a hazard assessment of a telecommuter’s home office.... Read more
Do Deliberate Safety Infractions By Mentally Disabled Worker Warrant Termination?
A company investigates several incidents at its brewery and finds that one worker is responsible for them. The company interviews the worker, who eventually admits to breaking the arm of a chair, jamm... Read more
A company investigates several incidents at its brewery and finds that one worker is responsible for them. The company interviews the worker, who eventually admits to breaking the arm of a chair, jamm... Read more
INDEMNIFY
Pronounced: In DEM′ ni fy HOW IT COMES UP Sometimes when two companies make a contract one side agrees to indemnify the other against losses. WHAT IT MEANS The company that promises to i... Read more
Pronounced: In DEM′ ni fy HOW IT COMES UP Sometimes when two companies make a contract one side agrees to indemnify the other against losses. WHAT IT MEANS The company that promises to i... Read more
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