Posts Categorized As: Basic Human Rights

Blog Post #1405 – City of Ottawa Lobbies for Enforcement

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Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (July 2016)

The Ottawa City Council has voted unanimously to petition the Ontario Labour Minister and Attorney General to push for criminal investigations and convictions regarding occupational health fatalities and serious workplace injuries, in accordance with 2004 amendments to the Canadian Criminal Code of Canada, known as the Westray Law.

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Blog Post #1395 – Suicide Warrants Broader Probe: Union

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Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (July 2016)

Article by Jeff Cottrill, Editor

Less than two months after a reported at Canada’s largest newspaper took her own life, the publication has agreed to an external review of its workplace culture, but the union representing its journalists is pushing for a broader investigation into how that culture may have contributed to tragedy.

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