CCOHS: Aging Workforce

The Canadian workforce is aging. In five years, nearly one in four workers could be aged 55 years or over. What does this demographic trend mean for workplace safety? The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has prepared an infographic to give an overview of the
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IRSST: International Women’s Day – Women at Work and OHS

In conjunction with International Women’s Day, the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST) has put together some resources related to women at work and OHS. For more information, including an infographic showing some of the gender differences rela
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IWH: Breakthrough change – External influences motivate improved OHS

A new study by the Institute for Work & Health (IWH) suggests that, when workplaces make large improvements in OHS that the change was typically initiated by one or more external influences, such as a government OHS inspection, market pressure from industry clients or a serious in
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