January 12th, 2016
PSHSA Regional Consultant Jeff Pajot featured in Municipal World January 2016 Edition – Health & Safety in Municipalities: Emerging Issues & Trends
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COVID-19 Eye Protection
Because of the higher transmissibility of the variants of concern (VOCs), there have been changes to the assessment of COVID-19 transmission risk following an exposure as outlined in the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH) Guidance to public health units (PHUs) on the management of COVID-19 cases and contacts.
Former police officer takes on stigma around mental health for First Responders
Retired police officer, Dave McLennan wants police and other First Responders in Ontario to do something they don’t often do - talk about their mental health.
New COVID-19 Workplace Guidance on Ontario.ca
The Ontario government has released the following two new guidance documents to explain how workplace screening and COVID-19 vaccination help protect workers and make workplaces safer.
Screening tool helps predict resilience of frontline workers
When the Ontario government passed legislation in 2016 mandating workers’ compensation coverage for first responders to be presumptive (meaning they no longer needed to prove post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) came from work), a gap existed for some employers.
