Features & Analysis

WorkSafeNB is warning employers that artificial intelligence tools can produce workplace health and safety policies containing errors, including references to the wrong province’s laws. The regulator said it has seen… …

Nearly three in four employed people in Quebec say they have felt at least one effect of extreme heat on the job over the past three years, according to a… …

Ontario’s Labour Relations Board has dismissed a bid by a Toronto-area cat cafe to pause workplace safety orders requiring proper eye wash stations, ruling that worker protection from bleach exposure… …

Human-perceived heat stress has already increased across Canada and will keep rising as the country warms nearly twice as fast as the global average, according to Canada’s Changing Climate Report… …

Vehicles with mechanical problems and older, poorly maintained equipment topped a list of 10 root causes behind driving hazards in Ontario’s forestry sector, according to a workshop led by Workplace… …

Forest roads carry different hazards than provincial highways, including rough surfaces, wildlife, heavy equipment and limited access to emergency services, according to Workplace Safety North (WSN). The organization issued safety… …

Drivers across Ontario face a rising risk of hitting deer, moose or other animals as autumn brings shorter days and increased wildlife activity to the province’s highways, with the most… …

British Columbia workers who struggle with poorly fitting protective gear could gain new protections under proposed amendments to Part 8 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. The changes, drafted… …

A brief personal stop for groceries didn’t take a British Columbia youth support worker out of the course of his employment moments before a highway crash left him injured, the… …