Featured OHS Articles
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CSA: Preventing Violence and Harassment in Canadian Workplaces
PSHSA is excited to announce that the national workplace violence and harassment research we conducted on behalf of the CSA Group is now available online.…
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93 per cent of N.S. nurses feel patients are at risk due to staff shortages: NSGEU survey
A survey of over 1,000 Nova Scotia nurses has found that over 90 per cent feel patients are being put at risk due to staff…
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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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