A Brief History of the Human Resource Management Movement In the early 1900s, Human Resource Management (HRM) played a minor or non-existent role in most workplaces. Primary duties of HRM staff were clerical, and may have included hiring and terminating…
There have been several moderate to severe workplace accidents reported recently by the media. Last month alone, there were reports of two work-related fatalities involving Ontario-based companies and several “serious” or “critical” injury cases. In response to such incidents, the…
Written by Jeff Thorne | Manager of Training and Consulting Over the past two decades I have had the pleasure of dealing with many safety leaders and supervisors that know their stuff; yet they find that their team sometimes doesn’t…
The Ontario Health and Safety Act & Regulations don’t set out specifics when it comes to how JHSC meeting agendas need to be carried out. However, the creation of an agenda and the commitment to following it are the best…
Since 1979, when the Occupational Health and Safety Act came into law, amendments to the Act have been introduced to establish new procedures as well as new rights and duties for workers, employers, supervisors, and others in the workplace. One…