Keeping safe during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating unique challenges for businesses and individuals around the world.
This hub offers critical information, resources, and updates to help employers ensure the safety of their workers during this time.
Featured Content
Webinars
Roadmap To Reopen - Businesses Impacted By Step Three (Webinar)
This webinar will focus on the Three Step Process for opening the province - Roadmap to Reopen and will share information, public education and prevention measures that businesses will need to know under Step Two of the Roadmap. This includes identifying and understanding the COVID-19 risks in your workplace, as well as identifying and understanding the Controls that could be used in the workplace.
45 min
Articles
Flu Season Is Coming: What Can You Do Now? (Article)
Flu season has already begun, and Public Health anticipates more illness and hospitalizations due to the loosening of COVID measures that kept last year’s flu numbers extremely low.
3 min read
6 Tips For Preventing MSDs In The Post-Pandemic Office (Article)
October is Global Ergonomics Month and as workplaces prepare to assume a more permanent office model (full-time office, full-time home office, or a hybrid of the two), now is the ideal moment to consider possible ergonomic implications.
4 min read
Create Safer In-Store Experiences In A Post-Vaccinated World
Our nostalgia for life before COVID-19 may already be painting the pre-pandemic world as a simpler, safer place, but it’s not a place we can ever return to.
5 min read
What You Need To Know About Vaccination Passport & Policy Requirements (Article)
The province's recent announcement that it would introduce a COVID-19 vaccination passport system for customers entering certain businesses creates an issue of another sort for workplaces: what about their employees?
4 min read
New COVID Eye Protection Requirement: What You Need To Know (Article)
Employees who work indoors within two metres of an unmasked person must wear appropriate eye protection and masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, says the Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skills Development. Ministry inspectors are now enforcing this requirement.
3 min read
eCourses
Pandemic Planning (eCourse)
This course describes the steps workplaces can take to plan for employee absences and business continuity.
FREE
Resources for public health updates on COVID-19:
Public Health Agency of Canada
Government of Canada's pandemic status updates, links to health resources, prevention and risk information, and policies.
Ontario Ministry of Health
Province of Ontario's outbreak status, policies, recommendations, and resources.
World Health Organization
Global information and updates on the pandemic.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
US-based pandemic coverage and updates.
Industry Associations
Useful business planning resources and industry association supports in the fight against COVID-19.