Workplace Safety

By Michel Magnan, Yetaotao Qiu, and Yu Wang Every year, millions of workers are injured or die on the job, imposing enormous human and economic costs. The socio-economic impact of… …

An Alberta roofing company has been denied an appeal of a $6,000 administrative penalty after four workers were found performing work on a residential roof without fall protection, despite the… …

Employers in Prince Edward Island are being warned that existing first aid certificates held by designated workplace first aiders may no longer meet requirements that took effect one year ago… …

Supply chain compliance firm Avetta has updated its brand identity to focus on what it calls the “readiness gap” — the growing distance between how quickly risks emerge and how… …

Twenty-two Nova Scotians died at work or as a result of their work in 2025, with occupational disease fatalities more than doubling compared to the previous year, according to the… …

Ontario is opening applications for the second round of its Road Safety Initiatives Fund on Feb. 19, offering municipalities access to the remaining portion of a $210 million program designed… …

The federal government has appointed four new vice-chairpersons and reappointed two existing members to the Canada Industrial Relations Board, bolstering the tribunal’s capacity to handle workplace disputes in federally regulated… …

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is conducting a complex investigation into a February 2025 crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport that injured 21 people when a regional jet broke… …

A New Brunswick workers’ compensation tribunal has ruled that video surveillance of an injured worker competing in barrel races did not prove she was capable of returning to work, overturning… …