Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Canada’s national police force reached a settlement in 2 class-action lawsuits regarding accusations of sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination among its members by offering a compensation package totaling $100,000,000 for several hundred women who have served with the force over the past 42 years.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Kinark Child and Family Services, an agency providing children’s mental health services and support for children and youth in Halton Region and elsewhere in central Ontario, has been fined $125,000 following a workplace violence incident where a staff member was physically assaulted by a youth.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Following a near-fatal drug exposure that a paramedic in Calgary recently experienced on the job, the Alberta Paramedic Association (APA) activated its own eventual fund to raise money to support the worker.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
For the 1st time, charges have been laid against a healthcare employer for contravening the violence prevention sections of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. (OHSA)