Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety raises awareness to prevent workplace injuries February 25, 2021 Maryam Farag
On International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day, Feb. 28, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) encourages workplaces across Canada to help spread awareness on preventing debilitating injuries in the workplace.
“During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadians have experienced significant challenges both physically and mentally as they have had to adapt and pivot to a new way of working,” said Anne Tennier, President and CEO, CCOHS. “Now more than ever, there is a need to create safer workplaces and one way we can do that is by raising awareness and promoting prevention practices on International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day.”
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galaxy far, far away. However, 2021 has finally dawned and with it
the new Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations
(the Regulations ) came into effect on January 1. In
September, we provided you with a preview of these Regulations in
Part V - A New Scope as part of our series on
other legislative changes in employment law, which you can check
out here. Now we want to kick-it into hyperdrive
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GATINEAU, QC, Jan. 18, 2021 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is committed to appointing highly qualified candidates to best serve the interests of Canadians.
Today, the Minister of Labour, Filomena Tassi, announced the appointments of Candace DiCresce, Kurt Dieckmann, Cheryl Paynter, and Daniel G. Strand as Governors representing employers and provincial and territorial governments at the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) for terms of four years.
The CCOHS does important work to support industries, employers and workers in improving health and safety programs. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CCOHS has developed a series of tools and resources, such as pandemic guidance tip sheets, and made them available for free on their website to support industries, employers and workers during the pandemic.
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