Health & Safety

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COVID-4Safe Retail-Specific JHSC Certification Training eLearning Bundle (Part 1 & 2)

It’s important that employers have a plan for how they will protect their employees against COVID-19 workplace transmission. In Ontario, most retail businesses with 20 or more employees are require...Learn More

Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario provides employers with roadmap for responding to requests for exemptions from mask-wearing policies – Littler

In Sharma v. Toronto (City), 2020 HRTO 949, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) provides a roadmap for how employers should determine whether they are required to accommodate employees and cus...Learn More

Alberta seeking input on proposed Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) changes

RCC continues to work with the Alberta government as they update the Occupational Health and Safety(OHS) laws as part of their three-year review plan. Amendments are designed to make the OHS Code easi...Learn More

Saskatchewan to prioritize grocery and pharmacy workers working in certain facilities for vaccines

Saskatchewan’s pharmacists are set to begin participating in delivering vaccines the week of April 26, 2021 or earlier depending on vaccine supply. In a release issued it was confirmed that phar...Learn More

Significant COVID-19 case increase in BC results in changes to restrictions and vaccination leave provisions

Over the past two weeks, new cases in BC have increased by 20% each week. As a result, Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the suspension of indoor dining, changes to restrictions for gatherings, and that publ...Learn More

Common retail COVID-19 inspection issues – WorkSafeBC

WorkSafeBC (WSBC) told RCC this week that WSBC did 5,466 inspections of retail stores and 493 inspections of distribution centres during the pandemic. From those inspections, WSBC has written 470 work...Learn More

Vaccinations and employer responsibilities – WSIB changes for retailers in Ontario

As progress continues in Ontario’s second phase of vaccinations, RCC has been pushing the Ministry of Health in Ontario to remove red tape to make it as easy as possible for employees to get vaccina...Learn More

B.C. ‘essential worker’ vaccination plan for warehouses/distribution centres

RCC is working with the B.C. public health authorities in an effort to help them plan their essential service vaccination for “wholesale/warehouses” (e.g., distribution centres). Retailers have co...Learn More

In Conversation with Tony Hurst of Lowe’s Canada

In Conversation with Retail Leaders in Canada is an exciting online series featuring in-depth conversations between Retail Council of Canada President and CEO Diane J. Brisebois and Canada’s top re...Learn More

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) publishes new Fish Species Surveillance Report

Yesterday, CFIA published its Enhanced Fish Species Substitution Surveillance Report: 2019 to 2020, sharing its investigative results of proper fish labelling in Canada. CFIA’s surveillance act...Learn More

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