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Ministry of Labour Introduces New Safe at Work Initiative That Will Affect All Employers in Ontario

Accidents and fatalities in the workplace are unacceptable. The Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL) in June introduced a new four year initiative for workplace safety.

Called "Safe at Work Ontario", the goal of the plan is to reduce workplace injuries and fatalities and improve an organization's health and safety culture. The Ontario Ministry of Labour has the responsibility and mandate to enforce the OHSA. Under the Safe At Work Ontario strategy the ministry will be focusing its enforcement resources in areas where needed to enforce requirements under the OHSA through inspections, and as required, orders and charges under the act may be used to enforce the law. Firms can find out if they are likely to be targeted for more frequent inspections and what strategies the food industry has to work with the government to reduce accidents (and rates) - details on the strategy and how to get your firm-level assessment are available at:
http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/sawo/index.html

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