Mandatory Retirement Eliminated for Federally Regulated Employees

The Government of Canada repealed certain provisions of the Canadian Human Rights Act that allowed for mandatory retirement. Federally regulated employers are now prohibited from forcing mandatory retirement at a certain age, unless it is due to a bona fide occupational requirement. C
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Aging Workforce – Service Canada – Changes to the Old Age Security program

For an overview of the changes to the Old Age Security program see Service Canada’s website at: Changes to the Old Age Security program.
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Aging Workforce – Government of Canada – Budget 2012 – Changes to the Old Age Security Act

As part of the 2012 federal budget, it was announced that the age of eligibility for Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) will be increased from 65 years old to 67 years old. Changes will be gradually implemented between April 1, 2023 and January 2029.  For an
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Aging Workforce – Statistics Canada’s population estimates: Age and sex, 2013

“According to preliminary estimates … 15.3% of the country’s population, were aged 65 and over on July 1, 2013. This proportion has steadily increased since the beginning of the 1960s mainly because of fertility rates persistently below the replacement level and incr
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Aging Workforce – Statistics Canada Study: Years to retirement, 1998 to 2009

“Canadians aged 50 and over are working later and delaying retirement, regardless of their level of education. However, because of a shorter life expectancy, the less-educated are likely to spend fewer years in retirement.”  See Statistics Canada website at: Study: Years t
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Aging Workforce – Working Safer or Just Working Longer? The Impact of an Aging Workforce on Occupational Injury and Illness Costs

Working Safer or Just Working Longer? The Impact of an Aging Workforce on Occupational Injury and Illness Costs (University of California, Berkeley; Frank Neuhauser, Center for the Study of Social Insurance, Project funded under contract with the Commission on Health and Safety and Wo
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Economic – Recession

The Institute for Work & Health has looked at the impact of the 208-2009 recession on workers’ compensation. See The impact of the recession on workers’ compensation claims on the IWH’s website.
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OH&S – Combustible Dust

Combustible dust is an area in Occupational Health & Safety that continues to be monitored. For more information on combustible dust see CCOHS’s website at Combustible Dust.
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Communications – General

As Socio-demographic patterns continue to evolve and become more global, communicating complex workplace safety, health and disability insurance information to a variety of stakeholders has its challenges.
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Communications – Pictograms

“The US Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has recently implemented the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). For the first time ever, OSHA labels will be required to show a pictogram to help convey hazard information. In C
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