As the Voice of Retail, representing more than 40,000 retail stores across Canada, Retail Council of Canada fully understands the safety issues facing today’s retail workers. RCC also understands the best practices from properly — and successfully — addressing those safety issues. The Safety & Health Guide for New Retail Workers have been developed to share that understanding, helping employers and new employees build safe and successful careers.
The Safety & Health Guide for New Retail Workers is designed to help new workers:
- Know their basic rights;
- Spot common job hazards;
- Determine what education, training and protective gear might be required to do a job safely;
- Handle and lift heavy objects properly;
- Prevent slips, trips and falls;
- Use power tools and equipment safely;
- Handle and prevent potentially violent situations when working alone, with customers or making bank deposits;
- Respond safely in a shoplifting or robbery situation;
- Deal with harassment from customers or co-workers;
- Clean and use chemical agents properly; and
- Prepare for fire or first aid situations.
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