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Tackling mental health in the workplace: Management’s 5 key responsibilities

May 16, 2016

The statistics pertaining to mental health issues in the workplace are staggering. The Canadian Mental Health Association has published mental health and addiction statistics which indicate that 20% of Canadians will experience a mental illness in any given year and in any given week, 500,000 Canadians are unable to work due to mental illness. They

Occupational health & safety update: What federally regulated employers need to know about recent amendments to the Canada Labour Code

December 19, 2014

As of October 31, 2014, several amendments to the occupational health and safety (“OHS”) provisions of the Canada Labour Code (the “Code”) came into effect. Those amendments may have significant implications for federally-regulated organizations, particularly inasmuch as Parliament has now transferred statutory authority from “a health and safety officer” directly to the Minister of Labour,

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Tackling mental health in the workplace: Management’s 5 key responsibilities

Occupational health & safety update: What federally regulated employers need to know about recent amendments to the Canada Labour Code