How Helping Employees Cope with Mental Illness Can Improve Your Company’s Bottom Line Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Alberta Announces Changes To The Occupational Health And Safety Code, Effective Spring 2023 Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Federal Government Rolls Out Ambitious New Zero-Emissions Vehicle Regulations Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
What’s the Difference between a Safe Work Practice and Safe Job Procedure? – Ask The Expert Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Does Wrong Advice from Government Officials Excuse Environmental Violations? Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Special Protections for Pregnant/Breastfeeding Workers – Know the Laws of your Province Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Ontario Revises Emissions Performance Standards Program to Align with Federal OBPS Changes Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Supervisory Due Diligence: Satisfying Your Responsibility For Occupational Health & Safety Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Arbitrator Finds Three-Dose Mandatory Vaccination Requirement Reasonable In Long-Term Care Homes Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Union Loses Bid to Overturn Mandatory Vaccination Policy for Lack of Notice Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Minor Chemical Spill Isn’t Serious Enough to Justify Post-Incident Drug Testing Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Reassigning Work Subject to an OHS Work Refusal – Know The Laws of Your Province Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Climate Change And Working Conditions: Could Your Employer Be Responsible For Providing You An Air Conditioner? Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Certification Motion Dismissed In Proposed Roadway Design Class Action In Ontario Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Minimizing Liability Risks When Rejecting Unrealistic JHSC Recommendations – Compliance Game Plan Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Employer’s Legal Obligations: Harassment, Bullying, Violence in the Workplace Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Employee Who Refused to Mask Told by Court That Losses Were “Self-Inflicted” Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Protecting Athletes Is No Game: Federal Minister Of Sport Announces New Measures To Make Sport Safer In Canada Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
How to Accommodate a Worker Who Needs Time Off for Chemotherapy – Ask The Expert Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Are Employers Liable to Visitors Who Suffer Injuries on the Property? – Quiz Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Is Employer Liable for Ladder Fall Caused by Worker’s Carelessness? – Ask The Expert Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Is a Company to Blame for Injuries Caused by Worker’s Safety Violations? – Ask The Expert Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
New & Young Worker Safety Orientation & Training – Know The Laws Of Your Province Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Alberta, Canada Human Rights Tribunal Reminds Employees They Have Duties In The Workplace Accommodation Process Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Occupational Diseases Covered by Workers Comp – Know The Laws Of Your Province Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Key Trends In Arbitration Awards Pertaining To Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policies Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Arbitrator Decides Employer Could Terminate Employee Who Refused Government-Ordered Vaccination Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Safeopedia Presents: A Review of Medical Surveillance In Occupational Health Programs Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
WorkSafeBC’s High-Risk Strategy for Construction Taking a Risk-Based Approach to Reduce Injuries Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Pay No Attention To The Blinking Red Light: Employee Monitoring Laws Announced In Ontario Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Safeopedia Presents: Safety Culture vs. Corporate Culture: A Strategy for Both Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Ontario Removing Masking Requirement On March 21 In Most Settings And Ending All COVID-19 Public Health Measures On April 27 Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Alberta Labour Relations Board Ices Union Complaint Against Vaccination Policy Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Arbitrator Decides COVID-19 Pandemic Is Cataclysmic Event That Did Not Trigger Entitlement To Severance Under Layoff Provisions Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Avoid Privacy Violations When Using GPS and Other Monitoring Technologies to Ensure Workers’ Safety Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Bill 88, Working For Workers Act, 2022: Ontario Introducing More Changes For Employers Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Proposed Ontario Legislation Mandating Decision Timelines In Regulated Professions Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Ministry Of Labour Provides Guidance On Disconnecting From Work Policies And Non-Compete Agreements Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Which Company Is Liable, as an Employer, for Excavation Gas Pipe Explosion? – Quiz Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
How to Protect Workers from Atmospheric Hazards Inside Excavations & Trenches Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Ontario Introduces Bill 88: Legislation Mandating Electronic Monitoring Policies And Workplace Naloxone Kits And Increasing Fines Under The OHSA Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Reminder To Federal Employers: Deadline For Annual Workplace Harassment And Violence Occurrence Report Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Numerous Provinces Announce The End Of Provincial Vaccine Mandates, What Does This Mean For The Future? Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Workplace Injury And Teleworking: Can A Fall Outside The Home Be Considered A Workplace Accident? Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Newly Proposed Federal Regulations Impose National Ban on Single-Use Plastics Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Material Handling: Employer Didn’t Use Due Diligence to Prevent Overhead Crane Operator Injury Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Excavations: CNESST Inspector’s Estimate Not Enough to Prove Trench Violation Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Workplace Violence: OK to Fire Hospital Employee for Violence against His Co-Worker Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
COVID-19: Arbitrator Strikes Down Unilateral Get-Vaccinated-or-Get-Fired Policy Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Harassment: Employee Took Too Long to File Harassment Constructive Dismissal Case Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Ergonomics: No Proof that Repetitive Work Tasks Caused Housekeeper’s Shoulder Injury Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Privacy: Employer Doesn’t Have to Stop Using Allegedly Privacy-Invasive GPS App Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Machines: Plywood Manufacturer Fined $547,000 for Failing to Prevent Machine Injuries Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Workers Comp: Does Workers Comp Bar Lawsuit by US Workers Injured on Canadian Soil? Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Drugs & Alcohol: Black Worker Required to Acknowledge Safety-Sensitive Status Claims Racism Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Drugs & Alcohol: Being Impaired at Work Is Just Cause to Fire Safety-Sensitive Railway Worker Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Powered Mobile Equipment Operator Qualifications – Know The Laws Of Your Province Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Is a Worker’s Failure to Disclose Medical Marijuana Use Grounds for Termination? Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Trudeau to Minister of Environment: Push for Mandatory Climate Change Disclosure Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
New Critical Worker Exemption In Alberta Allows Workers With COVID-19 To Attend Work Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
How to Comply with New Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations Training Rules Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Carbon Monoxide Safety: How to Protect Your Home, Identify Issues, and Respond to Emergencies Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
What’s the Difference between Liquefied Petroleum Gases and Flammable Liquids? – Ask The Expert Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Woman Who Falls Down Stairs While Working From Home Eligible for Worker’s Compensation Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Use The 2021 Annual Due Diligence Scorecard To Measure Your Own Ohs Compliance Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
How Big a Fine Should an Employer Get for a First Offence Forklift Fatality? Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
OK to Require Medical Exam of Marijuana User’s Fitness for Safety-Sensitive Job Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Potential Suicide Risks Grounds for Workers Comp Not to Pay for Medical Pot Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Arbitrator Reinstates Worker Fired for Shop Room Floor Fight with Co-Worker Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Court Upholds OHS Officer’s Rejection of Worker’s Confined Space Work Refusal Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Court Refuses to Pull Plug on RCMP Employees’ $1.1 Billion Harassment Lawsuit Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Ontario Case Draws New Line on Power of Arbitrator to Review Drug Testing Policies Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Firing Union Nurse for Alcohol Addiction Is a Labour, Not a Human Rights Case Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
COVID-19 Status Update: Workplace Precautions, Vaccinations, and Where We Go From Here Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Tips for Promoting Employee Well-Being & Mental Health in the Workplace Infographic Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Information You Must List in Accident Reports – Know the Laws of Your Province Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Avoid Incriminating Yourself When Reporting Work Incidents to OHS Officials Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Scorecard of the Key Workplace Drugs & Alcohol Cases Decided Since Marijuana Legalization Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
How to Create a Legally Enforceable Workplace Drugs & Alcohol Testing Policy Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Construction Safety And The Owner: Damned If You Don’t, Probably If You Do. Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
3 Years After the Legalization of Marijuana in Canada: An OHS Compliance Update Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Creating Effective Employment Contracts that Protect your Company’s Resources and Future Business Prospects Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
You Make The Call: Did Employer Use Due Diligence To Prevent Lockout Injury? Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Worker’s Deliberate Refusal to Wash Hands Is Worthy of a 4-Month Suspension Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Texting at Service Stop Is Just Cause to Fire Driver with Disciplinary History Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Consider Requiring Covid-19 Testing As An Alternative To Mandatory Vaccination Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Requiring Disclosure of Legal Drugs Allowed Only for Safety-Sensitive Workers Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Contractor Fined Half a Million for 21-Year-Old Construction Worker’s Death Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Court Was Wrong to Convict Excavation Contractor for Fall Protection Violation Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Nuclear Plants Can’t Do Random Drug Testing Until Privacy Issues Are Resolved Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Company Official Fined for Refusing OHS Investigator Interview without a Lawyer Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Employer Pays The Price When Supervisor Tells Worker To Lie About Workplace Injury Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Dept. of Transportation Fined Nearly $100,000 for Fatality to Contractor’s Worker Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
CSJ Didn’t Give Employer Chance to Answer Lack of Harassment Policy Exclusion Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Accessibility, Emergency Evacuation And The Need To Accommodate The Special Needs Of The Disabled Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Why Hiring Constructors May No Longer Get Ontario Site Owners Off The Liability Hook Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Are Employers Liable for Injuries Caused by Victims’ Own Safety Violations? Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Traffic Accident Is Work Related Even If Worker Isn’t Doing Ordinary Job Duties Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Fatal Traffic Accident Costs Bus Driver His Driving Position but Not His Job Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Union Shop Steward’s Confrontational Protest of COVID Rules Is Insubordination Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Keeping Face Masks Mandatory After COVID-19 Health Order Expires – Ask The Expert Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
How to Avoid OHS Liability When Contracting with “Prime Contractors”/“Constructors” Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Surviving today’s OHS challenges in a COVID world – three steps to meeting your future OHS needs today! – Sponsored by Avetta Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Smooth & Safe Operations: The Safety Leader’s Role in Business Continuity Planning – Sponsored by Avetta Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Avetta presents: Safety Leadership and Engagement – How are You Driving Safety Culture Success? Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Avetta presents: Opioids/Cannabis Workplace Drug Testing – What Should Employers Know? Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Avetta presents: Elements of a Workplace Violence Safety Program- Do’s and Don’ts Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Practical Guidance in the Wake of a Catastrophe: What to Do if a Tragic Accident Occurs at your Workplace – Sponsored by Avetta Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Installing Camera in Truck to Analyze Accident Causes Is Valid Safety Measure Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Positive Marijuana Test Doesn’t Prove Worker Was Impaired at Time of Accident Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Employment Law Fundamentals: Employment Terminations in a Non-Union Workplace Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Private Pain and Public Risk: Addressing Domestic Violence in the Workplace Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Workers Compensation Claims for Adverse Reactions to COVID-19 Vaccine Possible Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
SAFEOPEDIA Presents: SAFETY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM – A Three Part Workshop Series Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Court Nixes Due Diligence Defence for Training and Machine Guarding Violations Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
PEI Court Faces Novel Question in Sentencing for Deliberate COVID-19 Violation Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
OK to Treat Union’s Failure to Object as Approval of Disciplinary Action Extension Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
What Leeway Do You Have Under OHS Laws to Implement Alternative Safety Measures? Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Is a First Distracted Driving Offence Just Cause to Terminate? – Ask The Expert Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Don’t Incriminate Yourself When Reporting Workplace Accidents to OHS Officials Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Safe Work Procedure for Work Involving Heat Stress Hazards – First Aid & Emergency Response Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Safe Work Procedure for Work Involving Heat Stress Hazards – Supervisor Training Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Safe Work Procedure for Work Involving Heat Stress Hazards – Worker Acclimatization Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Safe Work Procedure for Work Involving Heat Stress Hazards – Heat Wave Work Precautions Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Safe Work Procedure for Work Involving Heat Stress Hazards – Weather Monitoring Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Safe Work Procedure for Work Involving Heat Stress Hazards – Access to Shade Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
Dear Boss: Can I Work Remotely From Hawaii? Labour, Employment & Human Rights Bulletin Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
To Stop Workplace Violence Focus on Psychological Safety, Not Shooting Sprees Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
How Supervisor Training Maximizes the Effectiveness of the Return to Work Process Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
How to Keep OHS Investigators from Using Your Internal Safety Records to Prosecute You Helen Podehl Helen Podehl
