Sadly every year many people fall victim to accidents that happen within their workplace; accidents that should have been avoided if the correct safety procedures were in place. This is why it is essential that you are familiar with what health and safety is carried out within your workplace. If the correct health and safety [...]
Workplaces, which can cover factories, shops and offices but also schools, hospitals, hotels and places of entertainment, are subject to wide-ranging government regulations to maintain adequate health, safety and welfare standards. A health and safety consultant can assess how your workplace measures up against the regulations.There is more to meeting the regulations than you might [...]
There are clearly ‘bottom-line’ reasons why you should seriously consider the well-being of your employees, because satisfied and committed employees offer superior customer/client service and are the engine of success; however, there are there legal reasons. There are positive and negative sides of health and safety at work to be considered. On the negative side [...]
Safety signs are largely associated with legal requirements rather than providing any practical purpose. In fact, some signs become so well known that we often ignore the true message underneath, so why is there still such a pressure for employers to ensure they have adequate signage throughout the workplace? Actually, safety signs play a real [...]
Canada has a very long history of workers struggling for their rights and it is actually stupid not to use the results of their struggle. The employee is guarded by a number of employment laws and Acts that aim to prevent injuries and provide benefits to people who were injured. For example the Canadian Workplace [...]