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Harassment widespread in workplaces, finds Statistics Canada

A recent report adds to a growing body of evidence showing harassment in Canadian workplaces is in need of workplace interventions and regulatory enforcement.

Working at heights enforcement remains top Ministry priority

Fines, orders, stop work orders and even jail terms have been among recent consequences for employers failing to meet minimum working at heights provisions under Ontario law.

WHSC student scholarship contest DEADLINE Friday, June 7

Do you know a high school senior interested in winning a scholarship based on their understanding of workplace health and safety and their activism at school or in the community?

Sales receipts pose toxic exposures, evidence mounts

Harmful endocrine-disrupting chemicals are readily absorbed into the bodies of workers and consumers when handling common sales receipts, a recent Canadian experiment confirms.

Radiation from cell phones a human carcinogen, new review finds

Recent research into radiofrequency radiation (RFR) provides the evidence necessary to reclassify and prevent exposures urges a recently published scientific literature review.

Safe and Healthy Work…Insist on it!

Workers and their representatives have much to be proud of when it comes to occupational health and safety gains. But experience tells us workers need so much more …

Workers continue to pay high price for exercising OHS rights, study

Employer reprisals against workers attempting to exercise their health and safety rights remains a top concern according to a new, soon-to-be published study.

WHSC releases Suspended Access Equipment Installer & Operator program

Changes to regulations governing Ontario construction projects include new requirements to ensure the safe design and use of suspended access equipment including mandatory training.

Violence in long-term care cries out for prevention, new reports

Two new reports reveal a troubling reality of violence suffered by workers in Ontario long-term care facilities, a reality in need of immediate interventions say proponents.

Regulated working at heights training works and needed: studies

Two recently released Ontario studies demonstrate why mandatory, standardized working at heights training is so critical to worker well-being.

WHSC 2019 Day of Mourning event listing now online. Plan to attend.

The annual toll of worker injury, illness and death should be incentive enough to ensure work is both safe and healthy. Apparently it’s not.

Occupational disease site offers insights on exposure and prevention

A recently launched web site will be an important new source of evidence-based research focused on tracking occupational disease trends and exposures in Ontario.

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