Brief Your CEO on How Supervisors Protect Company Officers from OHS Liability
When it comes to supervisor safety responsibilities, there's a fine line between delegation and dependence Instructions: Here's a briefing for OHS directors to provide their CEO or corporate officers about the […]
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Must Employer Accommodate Part-Time Caretaker Who Can’t Perform that Job Anymore?
SITUATION A part-time caretaker at a school dislocates her shoulder while dusting under a desk, aggravating a pre-existing injury. After two surgeries and physical therapy, her doctor says she can return […]
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Brief Your CEO: Using Safety Consultants Doesn’t Shield Company from OHS Liability
A contractor is hired to take down an inoperative overhead crane with a 285-ton capacity at a Nova Scotia steel plant. After speaking to a safety consultant, the contractor decides […]
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Brief Your CEO: How the JHSC Protects Our Company from Liability
What's at Stake: How JHSC Benefits the Company & Its Officers Some companies believe that the only reason to have a workplace joint health and safety committee (JHSC) (or individual health […]
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Brief Your CEO: What Due Diligence Is All About
Here's a briefing you can give or orally deliver to your company executives that explains how the OHS program you implement affects not only the company but them personally. WHAT'S AT […]
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BRIEF SENIOR MANAGEMENT: Supervisor’s Act Can Be Basis for Criminal Liability
Workers were on swing stage scaffolding repairing balconies at an apartment building when the scaffolding collapsed. One worker was seriously injured; four died. The resulting investigation found that three of […]
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Brief Your CEO: Temporary Workers and Training
A grocery store in Ontario brought in a truck driver from a temporary employment agency. Apparently, the driver hadn’t gotten formal training on using a lifting device he was asked […]
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Brief Your CEO: Why Formal EHS Programs Are Necessary for Due Diligence
A licensed outfitter in Saskatchewan hired high school students to clean birds killed during a spring bird hunt. Conservation officers found 135 whole birds disposed of and wasted at the […]
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Brief Your CEO: Officers & Directors Can Be Personally Required to Remediate Contamination
A company operated a resin production facility on property in Ontario until an explosion and fire permanently closed the facility. The resin company then leased the property to another company. […]
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Brief Your CEO: How False ‘Green’ Marketing Claims Can Lead to Liability for Officers & Directors
A company claimed in ads that a device called the “Platinum Vapor Injector” ( PVI), which it sold in Canada, would increase a vehicle’s fuel efficiency by 22% or more, […]
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