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Record Your Injury To Solve the Mystery – Safety & Health Week 2022

One of the most important aspects of Safety and Health Week is awareness. This year, to recognize and support Safety and Health week and our industries we will be highlighting the importance of following Occupational Health & Safety legislation by discussing some of the top 10 OH&S Contraventions issued in Saskatchewan in 2021 in the […]

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No Change Isn’t Good Enough

Written by CEO, George Marshall          2009 was arguably the worst year for health and safety in the history of the hotel industry in Saskatchewan.  For the fourth straight year, injuries exceeded 580 and for the second straight year, direct costs of injuries exceeded $2.8 million.  In 2010, Service Hospitality issued a challenge to […]

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Cannabis at Work: One Year Later

Will cannabis – medical or recreational have a positive or negative impact on the workplace?  The cannabis industry is just getting off the ground in Canada and it has already become a major part of our economy and also has started impacting our workplaces. Employers should not ignore the negative consequences cannabis may bring to […]

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NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO PANIC!

BREAKING NEWS from CEO, George Marshall: The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) recently released its 2018 Annual Report and it contains some very concerning trends.  Injury rates are on the rise slightly from 2017, but perhaps what is more concerning is a steep increase in claims costs.  Claims costs have gone from $230.2 million in […]

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Exposure Control Plans – Not Just for Hospitals

If your workers are required to handle an infectious material or organism or are likely to be exposed to one, then you must have an Exposure Control Plan in place. These are not just for hospitals.  Any workplace with public washrooms is a likely contender, as well as those that host the public for overnight […]

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