A northern Ontario hospital did not violate its collective agreement or the Occupational Health and Safety Act in its response to a violent workplace harassment incident, an arbitrator has ruled… …
Health Care Workers
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
Another year in custody for man accused of assaulting nurses at University Hospital of Northern BC
By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen A BC Review Board tribunal decided to keep a man in custody for another 12 months due to his “fragile brain and risk of… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
Saskatchewan launches independent review of hospital safety and security
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Saskatchewan government is launching an independent review of hospital safety and security across all Saskatchewan Health Authority facilities. The Ministry of Health will select a qualified expert to conduct… …
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Legislation & Government PolicyWorkplace Safety
WorkSafeBC seeks health professionals for clinical recovery framework advisory panel
WorkSafeBC is accepting applications from clinicians and health professionals to join an expert advisory panel that will help develop a Clinical Recovery Framework for injured workers in British Columbia. The… …
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OHS LawPPEWorkplace Safety
Ontario hospitals ordered to stockpile N95 respirators, enhance infectious disease protections
An interest arbitration board has mandated that 32 Ontario hospitals maintain adequate stocks of N95 respirators and implement comprehensive infectious disease protocols as part of a new collective agreement covering… …
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OHS FinesWorkplace Safety
Ontario psychiatric hospital fined $130,000 after patient attack injures three workers
Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care has been fined $130,000 after three workers were injured during a violent patient incident at its high-security forensic mental health unit in Penetanguishene, Ont.… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
‘If I’m not safe, my patients aren’t safe’: Nurses plead for protection after HSC assault
By Steven Sukkau | Winnipeg Sun Violence against front-line health-care workers continues to escalate in Manitoba, with the latest incident at Health Sciences Centre (HSC) leaving a health-care aide choked and… …
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The Ontario Nurses’ Association has launched an advertising campaign calling attention to workplace violence against nurses, citing what the union describes as inadequate action by health-care employers and the provincial… …
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Health PEI will require masks in all its facilities starting Tuesday in response to increased respiratory illness activity on Prince Edward Island. The masking policy takes effect Oct. 14 and… …
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OHS LawWorkplace Safety
Complaint against Ontario doctor over his opinion in workplace injury case dismissed
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Health Professions Appeal and Review Board has upheld a decision by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to take no further action on a complaint against a… …



