CBC News is running an indepth feature on occupational health and safety in the Canadian workplace. The feature includes:
- A brief history of workplace safety in Canada
- A Timeline of milestones in Canada workplace safety
- Traumatic injuries to health-care and social assistance workers
- A list of CBC stories from the past half-dozen years
- Along with case studies and fatality and injury statistics from across the country.
CBC News Indepth: Workplace safety
Other links:
- Worksafe BC
- An Index of Labour Market Well-being for OECD Countries
- The Unhealthy Canadian Workplace (CLC study)
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety: Workplace safety legislation across the country
- The Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada
- The Meredith Report (Ontario decision that led to first Canadian workers’ compensation law)
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Workplace Safety in Canada | H.R. eSources // Jan 16, 2007 at 6:38 pm
[...] Back in April I pointed to a series of stories CBC ran on workplace safety in Canada. This time around, CBC is looking at the disconnect between workplace safety inspections and the modern workplace environment. The series, Out of Sync, looks at increasing safety threats in health-care and administrative work settings, while safety legislation continues to focus on traditional higher-risk work sites, such as manufacturing and construction. [...]
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