Managing Changing COVID-19 Requirements
What restrictions have been lifted and which are still in place?
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COVID-19 - Emergency Preparedness & Response
Explore our resources to learn how to prepare for emergency situations including COVID-19.
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Should you keep some COVID controls in place?
Should your workplace lift its restrictions in line with the province? "Not necessarily," says WSPS Consultant Pamela Patry.
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Always refer to current public health measures for up to date restrictions and announcements.
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Tips to keep yourself safe from Omicron
Protecting ourselves and our family members is everyone’s top priority right now. Here’s what to do at home and in the community to stay safe.
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10 strategies to protect essential workers from Omicron
Use these 9 tips to protect your business’ essential workers from Omicron. Understand Omicron’s unique characteristics and how to enhance your control strategies.
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Did you know wearing eye protection can be a COVID requirement?
Employees who work indoors and outdoors within two metres of an unmasked person must wear appropriate eye protection and masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19
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A Game Plan for Emergencies
At the beginning of the pandemic not many of us could project we’d be approaching our third year of dealing with it.
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6 steps to climate-proof your business' emergency preparedness plan (for Federal employers)
A dramatic surge in the size, scope, and unpredictability of extreme weather events around the globe makes including them in your emergency preparedness essential, says Pam Patry, WSPS’ Acting Pandemi
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How to defuse new COVID-19 fears – and avoid work refusals
If an employer is following provincial and public health requirements, then the circumstances under which a right to refuse is upheld would have to be extreme or unusual.
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Create safer in-store experiences in a post-vaccinated world
For employers, surviving and thriving means taking a longer view by integrating short-term COVID-19 measures into longer term health and safety practices.
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6 ways Ontario's new "Prevention Works" strategy will benefit workplaces
Prevention Works, Ontario’s ambitious new 5-year health and safety strategy, offers help for employers in the form of more targeted and affordable training options, new prevention strategies
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6 steps to climate-proof your business' emergency preparedness plan
A dramatic surge in the size, scope, and unpredictability of extreme weather events around the globe makes including them in your emergency preparedness essential
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7 ways to help your employees overcome pandemic weariness (For Federal Employers)
The reopening of businesses, recreational and leisure destinations in Ontario is improving our sense of well-being, yet many of us are still plagued by pandemic weariness.
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6 ways to ensure your COVID-19 communications build trust (For Federal Employers)
How you communicate with employees about COVID-19 could affect-for better or for worse-their mental well-being, perception of you as an employer, and willingness to comply with prevention efforts.
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COVID-19 and Workplace Safety
Through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the Partnership), the federal and provincial governments have launched the Agri-food Workplace Protection Program to help agriculture producers
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The latest on sanitizing workplaces: 7 best practices
Over the last 18 months, we've all been diligently cleaning and sanitizing workplace surfaces as part of our efforts to reduce transmission of COVID-19.
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Gain insight from your employees with a post-pandemic 'listening tour'
With pandemic restrictions easing and employees returning to the workplace, this is an ideal time to take the pulse of your workforce and tap into their ideas for improving processes and procedures.
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60,000 visits into the pandemic: what workplace inspectors are finding
Since the pandemic began, inspectors with the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development have conducted 60,000 field visits, with more in the works.
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How to apply your COVID-19 safety plan to other hazards
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7 ways to help your employees overcome pandemic weariness
The reopening of businesses, recreational and leisure destinations in Ontario is improving our sense of well-being, yet many of us are still plagued by pandemic weariness.
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Reduce the risk of renewed COVID violence with these 5 steps
At the beginning of the pandemic, instances of COVID-fuelled anger started making the news as businesses introduced measures to reduce the risk of exposure.
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