Posts Categorized As: Federal

Blog Post #1413 – The Link Between Psychosocial Risk Factors and Musculoskeletal Injury – Part One

Original Report by Theo Heineman

Report from the OH&S Canada magazine – (Sept 2021)

Statistics provided by the Mental Health Commission of Canada show that one in five Canadians experience a mental health problem or illness each year, with stress and trauma cited as the primary causes. This is equivalent to 500,000 employees unable to work every week.

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Blog Post #1405 – City of Ottawa Lobbies for Enforcement

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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