My opinion
Just to give the reader some common frame of reference, the Ontario government enacted legislation in the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) in 2010. (It has since been updated 3-4 times)
Blog Post #1522 – Men, Women Respond Differently to Bullying: Study
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2017)
Article by Jean Lian
Workplace bullying doubles women’s sickness absence, leads to an increased use of antidepressants and affects women’s health negatively and for a long time, while men are twice as likely to leave the labour market for a period of time. These are the findings of a study out of Aarhus University and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, released on December 12, 2016. The findings are based on the responses of 3,182 people in public and private organizations who took part in the study.
Blog Post #1502 – Union Gets Paid for Domestic-Violence Leave
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2017)
A new three-year agreement between a long-term care centre and United Steelworkers (USW) local 1-207, now allows employees of the Rivercrest Care Centre in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, to take paid time off for legal, medical and therapeutic reasons if they are domestic-violence victims.
Blog Post #1494 – Call for Better Security at Hospitals in British Columbia
Excerpt from the OH&S safety magazine (Jan. 2017)
The B.C. Nurses’ Union (PCNU) is demanding better policies to protect nurses and hospital employees after a man attempted suicide with a firearm in an emergency room.