Restaurant Food Services
Working in the restaurant and food services industry can be demanding. To provide exceptional customer service, you need efficiency and quality in both the back and front of the house.
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Services (retail, restaurants, offices, etc.)
Learn best practices and more from our specially curated health and safety resources for the services sector.
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Returning to work? 5 tips to improve your office indoor air quality
With employees returning to the office, they are bound to have questions about indoor air quality. Use these five tips to address the air quality in your building.
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Holiday countdown: keep employees safe with this 7-point checklist
Employees are at greater risk of physical and mental harm during the holiday season. Here’s how to keep them safe.
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Perform a hazard assessment to make your business safer: a step-by-step guide
When your employees arrive at work, are they aware of the hazards around them? Find out how to assess and control hazards in your business to keep your workers safe.
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Have employees that drive for work? Here's how to reduce their risk
Driving is an activity many of us do every day. But it comes with many risks - at work and off the clock - that are often overlooked.
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Operating machines safely: 4 obstacles and tips to overcome them
Understanding how people interact with machines is key to preventing both MSDs and acute injuries, says WSPS machine and robotics specialist Robert Vomiero.
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10 best practices for avoiding workplace concussions
Concussions have been called 'invisible injuries'. While the injury may be invisible, the consequences aren't. Get 10 tips to protect your employees.
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Hiring foreign workers? Here’s how to onboard them safely
Temporary foreign workers may be an ideal solution to your labour shortages. If so, Jay Remsik has suggestions on how to onboard, train and support these workers.
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As your business model evolves, keep pace with ergonomic best practices
Whether it's a full return to the office, permanently teleworking or a hybrid, build injury prevention into the process with these best practices.
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Higher safety fines for executives now in force: 7 ways to avoid penalties
Starting July 1, maximum fines for directors or corporate officers rise from $100,000 to $1,500,000. Protect yourselves by taking a systematic approach to health and safety.
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Follow these 7 steps to attract and keep employees
It's the leading challenge for most Ontario employers, according to WSPS' 2022 leadership survey. Make your workplace more appealing with a stronger health and safety program.
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6 ways to boost hazard awareness - and reduce injuries - among new and young workers
A dedicated 6-step health and safety orientation session will give these workers knowledge, reassurance and the vocabulary for assessing and communicating potential hazards.
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Nip point incident offers 6 lessons for workplaces
"Nip point hazards are still commonly overlooked even though they can affect virtually every workplace that uses equipment with moving parts," warns WSPS consultant Clinton Brown.
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New confined space roadmap: easy to use, plain language download
This free download walks you through the process, including how to comply with confined space rules and safely conduct a confined space entry.
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New naloxone kit requirement: 7 things you need to know now
A legislative amendment now requires naloxone kits in workplaces where workers are at risk of an overdose. Here are 7 things you need to know.
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6 ways to help employees recover from COVID-19 burnout (Federal)
A recent survey found that 84% of Canadian employees have experienced burnout. Will easing public or workplace restrictions around COVID-19 automatically reverse employees' pandemic-related burnout?
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Safety Tips: What is one of the top hazards in the restaurant industry?
Work in the restaurant industry? Hot oil is one of the most dangerous hazards food service staff interact with. Watch this video for the steps on changing hot oil safely.
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Safety Tips: What are the fundamentals of knife safety?
Do you use knives in your workplace? Watch this video to find out how to use knives safely.
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Safety Tips: What should restaurants know about fire safety prevention and suppression?
A fire can happen in an instant – would your staff know what to do? Watch this video to find out tips on fire prevention and suppression in restaurants.
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Safety Tips: What are the common causes of slips, trips and falls in restaurants?
Slips, trips and falls are common causes of injury to restaurant workers. Watch this video for tips on keeping food service employees safe.
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