Featured OHS Articles
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13 Psychological Factors for Workplace Mental Health
According to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 39% of Ontario employees wouldn’t tell their manager if they had a mental health issue…
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NSHA Progress Report – Improving Workplace safety in NS Emergency Departments
Bulletin: Improving Workplace Safety in Nova Scotia’s Community Emergency Departments – NSHA Progress Report In October 2016, Premier Stephen McNeil announced the creation of a…
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Violence Against Healthcare Workers Out of Control
A hospital admissions clerk who is stabbed with a pair of scissors. A nurse whose head and neck are punctured with a pen. A young…
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‘Spit at or punched or poked’: Sask. health staff top list of violently injured workers
More health workers in Saskatchewan are being compensated for violent on-the-job injuries than police or corrections officers, according to newly released statistics from the province’s Workers’…
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Amendments to The OHS Act-Effective June 12, 2017
In April 2016, government introduced and passed Amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act to help keep Nova Scotians safe at work. Most employers…
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WCB Ruling Sets Legal Precedent Regarding Workplace Bullying
In recent Canadian OH&S News legal precedent has been set in relation to WCB insurance and bullying in the workplace. Workers Compensation Board of Prince…
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The Importance of a Positive Safety Culture
A new study by a Toronto-based human-resources consulting firm, Morneau Shepell, looks at the question of whether or not significant changes in the workplace have…
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Recommendations on Improving Safety in Community Emergency Departments
The province has accepted 12 recommendations to improve safety and security in community emergency departments. A working group tasked with finding ways to improve safety…
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