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Blog Post #456 – One-Third of Companies Shy Away From Hiring People with Disabilities

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (March 2010) By: Jason Contant About one-third of executives responding to a recent poll say they are discouraged from hiring individuals with disabilities amid concerns over managing potential underperformance issues. The survey of 110 human resource senior executives from a cross-section of Ontario-based businesses was released in November. Thirty-six … Continue Reading

Blog Post #455 – Mining Company Charged

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (March 2010) A mining company in Newfoundland and Labrador faces nine health and safety charges following an incident in January of 2008. Teck Resources Limited has been charged with failing, as an employer, to provide a safe workplace, ensure workers were made familiar of the hazards they may face … Continue Reading

Blog Post #453 – Avoiding the Fall

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine By Jason Contant One need only look back to last Christmas Eve in Toronto for a grisly example of why proper fall protection is so very important. It was the afternoon of December 24, 2009 when a swing stage separated in the middle, sending five construction workers plummeting 13 … Continue Reading