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How to convince senior management that investing in safety compliance, training and other safety-related initiatives will benefit the company financially and in other ways, such as improved production and reduced worker absences—and how failing to make such investments will cost the company down the road.
Keeping workers safe costs money. Even in the best of economic times, getting management to invest in the OHS program can be challenging; when the economy is down, you may have to fight tooth and nail to keep your safety budget from being slashed. We …
For safety professionals, workplace safety is their focus and priority, their raison d’etre so to speak. But for other groups in the workplace, such as management and workers, safety may not be on the top of the priority list—if it’s even on the list at …
By: Norm Keith, B.A.,J.D., LL.M., CRSP | Gowling LaFleur Henderson LLP | Toronto, Ontario, Canada Introduction There has been increasing interest in the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility, (“CSR”) in business generally and in the EHS profession specifically, and the proposition that corporations should take …
By Barbara Semeniuk, Purcell Enterprises Ltd.IntroductionThere are myriad ways to improve your company’s health and safety program, even in times when resources are as thin as stone soup. In fact, on both ethical and financial levels, you can’t afford anything but the best possible health …
The OHS laws spell out the minimum requirements employers must meet, which aren’t necessarily the best or most effective ways to approach a hazard or protect workers. That’s where voluntary standards, such as those from the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), come in. CSA standards typically …
In most workplaces, the OHS program operates independently of the wellness program—if the company even has a wellness program. Typically, a safety coordinator runs the OHS program while the HR director oversees the wellness program and there’s little, if any, coordination between the two. But …
Doing more than just meeting regulatory requirements can pay off for your company.
Exhausted workers are more likely to get hurt on the job–and to cost your company’s bottom line.
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A company’s safety culture—that is, its attitude and approach to ensuring workers’ health and safety—has a profound impact on the success of its OHS program. But few companies have any idea if their safety culture is good or is undercutting safety efforts. And if you …