A look at how the OHS laws in each jurisdiction define “violence.”

The police charged a 17-year-old with second-degree murder for the death of a worker at an assisted living home for teens. They also charged him with stealing her car. According to the home, the teen had no history of violence. The incident is under investigation.

Domestic violence can impact the workplace–and result in the deaths of workers, particularly female workers. Learn how to protect all workers from domestic violence in your workplace.

Workers’ comp coverage in BC could soon clearly cover stress from bullying and harassment.

Safety professionals are worried about violence in their workplaces. But which kinds of violence worry them most?

How to Balance Employee Privacy, Workplace Safety & Employer Liability under Ontario Bill 168

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 risk of …

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 …