Health and Safety News

In releasing its 2024 employer assessment rates, WorkSafe New Brunswick announced that it has reduced the average annual rate to $1.18 per $100 of assessable payroll. This rate will be the lowest in A...Learn More

The proposed changes around workplace behaviours, including harassment and violence, will create a single framework in the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation and will require employers to have...Learn More

Following extensive consultations, the Nova Scotia government is currently seeking feedback on its Phase 2 proposal for an accessibility standard for the built environment (eg: more detailed and techn...Learn More

WorkSafeBC has also opened consultations on amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulation with respect to Workplace Violence and Harassment. The proposed changes include: Creating...Learn More

In April 2023, WorkSafeBC’s Board of Directors approved amendments to Part 3 of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulation, relating to the provision of occupational first aid. These amendm...Learn More

The federal government has extended the comment period for Notice of Intent NOI2023-01, Strengthening the regulation of pest control products in Canada until September 8. Proposed amendments of pote...Learn More

One of the final impacts of Bill 19, the law on the working age of young people in Quebec, will come into effect soon. The law will limit 14-to-16-year-olds to work only 17 hours a week during the sch...Learn More

On Monday, August 8, 2023, the Federal government announced it was launching a three-year pilot project titled the “Recognized Employer Pilot (REP)” under the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW)...Learn More

Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham (right, pictured above) requested a short-notice meeting with RCC to discuss a few issues that are in early development that may impact retail stores, with more detail ...Learn More

On June 26, 2023, B.C. published an Order-in-Council which added a new exemption under section 35 (1) of the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) Exemption and Refund Regulation: “(n) automated external defib...Learn More