Manitoba’s OHS law has included workplace violence requirements for quite awhile. But it’s recently updated these requirements. The changes take effect on August 31, 2011. Here’s a look at what’s new. Who’s Covered by the Requirements The old regulation required all employers to assess the …

All safety coordinators know that when there’s been a safety incident in your workplace, the agency responsible for enforcement of the OHS laws will likely investigate, especially if the incident involved a fatality. But the OHS investigation may not be the only government investigation into …

People tend to think of domestic violence—when they think about it at all—as a private matter that occurs behind the closed doors of a family’s home. But more and more, domestic violence is spilling into other areas—including the workplace. Yesterday’s fatal shooting in Albuquerque, New …

On Feb. 8, 2010, an Australian café, its owner, its manager, a waiter and a chef were convicted under Victoria’s Occupational Health and Safety Act for viciously bullying a 19-year-old worker both physically and emotionally to the point where she jumped off a building to …

The last day of 2009 seems like the perfect time to review what happened this year in the world of workplace safety—and to ponder what 2010 may hold for Canadian safety professionals.

THE 6 BIGGEST STORIES OF THE YEAR

1. The H1N1 Challenge
2009 will be remembered as …

Canada has Take Your Kids to Work Day—Nov. 4 this year. The U.S. has something similar. But they also got something Canadians can only envy: Take Your Handguns to Work Day.

I jest, of course. No such holiday exists south of the border. You see, in America, …

Ontario is one of the few provinces that still doesn’t specifically require employers to prevent workplace violence (although the obligation is implied under the general duty clause). But that’s about to change. The province is expected to pass a bill adding workplace violence to the …