November 2023 Industry Newsletter
Ontario’s WSIB Extends Double Rebates For Small Business to Help With Health and Safety
According to a recent study highlighted by Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), workers in small businesses are 44% more likely to experience work-related injuries than their counterparts in larger companies. This increased risk may be attributed to less robust health and safety policies and procedures in smaller firms, as well as the numerous challenges that business owners face in today’s economic climate.
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Aging Workforce Challenges: Adapting Safety Measures for an Older Employee Population
As the workforce demographic evolves, organizations are facing new challenges related to an aging employee population. With a rising number of experienced professionals choosing to work longer, adapting safety measures to meet their needs becomes paramount.
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The Role of Leadership in Fostering a Safe Workplace Culture
Creating a safe workplace culture is a collective effort, but it is leadership that sets the tone and direction. An organization’s leaders play a pivotal role in shaping the attitudes, behaviors, and values that influence workplace safety.
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Protecting Outdoor Workers From Winter Hazards
According to the Government of Canada, more than 80 people in Canada die each year from over-exposure to the cold, and many more suffer injuries resulting from trench foot, immersion foot, hypothermia, frostnip and frostbite.
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Breaking the Mental Health Stigma in Construction
While there is a mental health crisis occurring both nationally and within the construction industry, the stigma around mental health in construction remains inordinately high.
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Alberta must treat nurses and other health care workers with respect
Alberta’s government and health care employers need to understand that when the worldwide supply of nurses is tight and demand for nurses’ skills is high everywhere, the market “is certain to be impacted in ways that benefit members of the nursing profession,”.