Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
WorkSafeBC issued a safety bulletin on May 21, 2019 to warn about the risk of hearing loss in the service industry, after studies found that noise levels in pubs and nightclubs in Vancouver and Victoria often exceed 85 dB, which can cause permanent hearing loss and unprotected workers.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A whopping 94 % of working Canadians say workplace health, safety and mental well-being are important when choosing a job, but only 77 % of them think that decisions made in their workplaces consider employee health and safety all or some of the time, according to an Angus Reid poll commissioned by the Manufacturing Safety Alliance of B.C.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The extension of the mental-disorder presumption to emergency dispatchers, nurses and healthcare assistants in British Columbia took effect on April 16, 2019.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
British Columbia launched Builders Code on March 8, 2019, to address the province-wide issue of skilled-labour shortage by reducing harassment, bullying and hazing on construction sites.