Posts Categorized As: Federal

Blog Post #1695 – 10 Ways Employers can Help Improve Worker Safety

Created by Norm Keith is an OH&S Lawyer and published July 30, 2024

Report published – OH&S Canada magazine (Fall 2024)

After four decades of advising and representing management and employers in occupational health and safety law matters across the country, I have significant experience with effective safety programs. That being said, it’s not usually the length of the safety policy or the program documents that determine the best program. Rather, employers who invest in a simple, practical, and effective safety program consistently get the best results. They generally have the least number of incidents, worker injuries and fatalities. Based on my experience, I have come up with a straightforward set of recommendations for employers to consider in this article.

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Blog Post #1551 – RCMP Reaches Settlement

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

Canada’s national police force has reached a settlement in two class-action lawsuits regarding accusations of sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination among its members by offering a compensation package totalling a $1oo million for several hundred women who have served with the force over the past 42 years.

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