![]() Martin Shain (2010), Tracking the Perfect Legal Storm, developments in seven areas of law are making it clear that employers have some responsibilities for creating and maintaining a psychologically safe workplace for employees (Shain, 2010). According to a Canadian Mental Health Commission’s report written by Dr. We are not the first group to understand the importance of psychosocial hazards on workers’ health or to say that something should be done. We hope that by using it workers will find the support and gather the information they need to act in their own workplaces - big or small - to improve their work environment and protect their physical and mental health. ![]() We hope it provides some insight, perspective, and a basic understanding about some of the causes of workplace stress. This kit is created FOR workers BY workers. So for today’s workers we have created this resource kit as a place to start. While the cost and illness burden of mental health at the workplace is gaining attention in Canada, the pace of change seems to be extremely slow - workers need tools now. We developed this resource kit for workers because there are no pieces of legislation or manuals that focus on preventing the health effects caused by workplace stressors. The goal of the “Mental Injury Tool” (MIT) Group was to develop tools and resources to help workers deal with these “non-traditional” occupational hazards that are increasingly plaguing workers. In 2009, a group of unions joined with the Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW), University of Waterloo researchers, and representatives from the Office of the Worker Adviser (OWA), and the Workers Health and Safety Centre (WHSC) to fill this gap. ![]() technological changes that interfere with tasks,Īll these pressures are taking their toll on workers’ health, but are difficult to address because they do not fit into traditional health and safety categories such as chemical hazards, slips, trips and falls, or broken bones.Internal Responsibility System (IRS) BasicsĮvery day workers experience mental and physical effects from factors at work such as:.Anti-reprisal Protections and Limitations.JHS Committee / Representative Basics and Tools.Temporary Foreign Agricultural Worker (TFAW) Program.Ontario’s Occupational Disease Action Plan (ODAP).Occupational Disease Cluster Investigations (ODCI).
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