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Service-Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety
With spring upon us and the temperatures slowly on the rise, custodians will soon be switching over the operations of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC)…
What is the definition of harassment and violence? NEW According to Part II of the Canada Labour Code (Code), harassment and violence means “any action, conduct or comment, including of a sexual nature, that can reasonably be expected to…
Adoption of Agenda The agenda was adopted.
Presentation: Joint Learning Program – OHS Committee Member Training Pilot Project – Final Report Dominic Lavoie, Manager, Joint Learning Program (JLP) shared the report on the TBS-PSAC Pilot Training for…
Adoption of Agenda A. Peart and M. Gosselin requested to add an update from the Joint Learning Program to the agenda. The JLP update was added to the agenda as item 6.The agenda was adopted as modified.
Presentation: Committee on…
Adoption of Agenda The agenda was adopted.
Presentation: Radon - What You Need to Know - National Radon Program Update Kelley Bush, Manager, Radon Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement, Health Canada (HC), provided an introduction to radon,…
Adoption of Agenda The agenda was adopted.
Presentation: Update on the Joint Learning Program’s (JLP) Training for OHS Committee Members Dominic Lavoie, Project Manager, Joint Learning Program (JLP) provided an update on the JLP’s pilot…
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With spring upon us and the temperatures slowly on the rise, custodians will soon be switching over the operations of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems…
Adoption of Agenda D. Vidmar proposed that the Committee discuss reintegration into the workplace. This item was added as item 5. b. The agenda was adopted as amended.
Presentation: Risk Assessment Tool (Health Canada Employee Assistance Services)…
Adoption of Agenda The agenda was adopted.
Presentation: Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) Marcia Edgar, Manager, and Ceayon Johnston, Senior Program Advisor, OSH Compliance and Operations, Labour Program, Employment and Social…
Adoption of Agenda The agenda was adopted.
COVID-19 Nancy Porteous, Director General and Jesse Arnup-Blondin, Director, Public Service Occupational Health Program (PSOHP) COVID-19 Response Division, Specialized Health Services Directorate, Health…
Adoption of AgendaM. Beland requested that the agenda be amended to include 5. N-95 Mask Usage in the Workplace and 6. New Provincial Quarantine Rules. The agenda was adopted as amended.
Presentation: National Master Standing Offer (NMSO)…
Service-Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety
Since the coming into force of the Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations (WPHVPR) on January 1, 2021, the Service-Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety (…
What criteria are used in appointing an investigator to undertake a workplace violence investigation? Section 28(1) of the Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations (Regulations) provides the basic qualifications that an…
Adoption of Agenda The agenda was adopted.
Presentation: Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC) – Asbestos Research Paul Demers, Director of the Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC) advised that the OCRC has a broad research…
Adoption of Agenda The agenda was adopted.
Update from Committee Advisor The Committee Advisor presented the statistics related to the usage of the webpages hosting the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Modules for the month of August. She…
Adoption of Agenda The agenda was adopted.
Update from the Sub-Committees:
OHS Training/Learning Sub-Committee A. Peart reported that the Sub-Committee has been continuing to meet with the Canada School of Public Service (CSPS) to provide…
Adoption of Agenda The agenda was adopted.
Laboratories Canada Update
Anya Lisowski, Director General, Strategic Engagement and Change Management Sector, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) provided an overview of Laboratories Canada…
Adoption of Agenda The agenda was adopted.
Update on National Master Standing Offer Marc Gosselin, Director, Workplace Wellness Programs, Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (OCHRO), Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS), provided an…
Adoption of Agenda The agenda was adopted.
Update on Training for the new Regulation Guy Filteau, Health and Safety Senior Advisor, Outreach & Engagement, Learning, Respectful and Inclusive Workplaces, Learning Program Branch, Canada School…
Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.
Presentation: An overview of the impacts of COVID-19 on mental health and other updates from the Centre of Expertise on Mental Health in the Workplace Sophie Dubourg, A/Director, Centre of Expertise…
Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.
Presentation:Guarding Minds at Work 4.0 – Updates to Reflect Psychosocial Health and Safety Mary Ann Baynton, Director of Collaboration and Strategy, Workplace Strategies for Mental Health, and Emma…
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Service-Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety (SWOHS)
With spring upon us and the temperatures slowly on the rise, custodians will soon be switching over the operations of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC)…
Effective January 1, 2021, Bill C65 and the associated Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations (WPHVPR): SOR/2020-130 will come into force and effect. In order to assist departments with the hiring of investigators under the…
1. Purpose
The purpose is to investigate allegations of work place harassment and violence as per the new Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations: SOR/2020-130 (Herein after referred to as WPHVPR…
Service-Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety
With the upcoming Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations (WPHVPR) coming into force on January 1, 2021, the Service-Wide Committee on Occupational Health and…
Adoption of the agenda
The agenda was adopted.
Presentation: Bill C-65 and the new Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations
Duncan Shaw, Senior Director, and Ana-Maria Iliescu Stieghelbauer, Policy Officer, Occupational Health and…
Adoption of the agenda
The agenda was adopted with the addition of one item – Update from the Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Committee (OHSAC).
Presentation: Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (Mental Health under Part II of…
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted.
Presentation: Guidelines for Canadian drinking water for leadFrance Lemieux, Manager, Regulatory Policy and Risk Management, Health Canada provided an overview on lead and potable water by…
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted.
Presentation: Applying to become a Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention InvestigatorHillary Flett, Director, Workplace Directorate, Labour Program provided an overview of the application…
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted.
Presentation: Harassment/Violence in the Workplace Investigations: Potential Services from Health Canada’s Employees Assistance ServicesAs a follow-up to the presentation which was given to the…
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted.
Presentation: GCworkplace (Sonia Powell, Director General Lead, Workplace Solutions, PSPC)Following the GCworkplace site visits on August 7, 2019, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)…
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted.
Presentation: Radon (Kelley Bush, Manager, Radon Education and Awareness and Michel Gauthier, Manager, Radon Technical Operations, Health Canada)Speakers from Health Canada presented an overview of…
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted.
Presentation: Joint Learning Program (JLP) – Occupational Health and Safety Joint Study – Update (Roxanne Lépine and Catherine Gilbert, Co-Directors, Joint Learning Program)Further to the update…
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted.
Presentation: National Occupational Health Information System (NOHIS) – (Rosanne LeBlanc, Associate Director, Specialized Health Services Directorate, Health Canada)R. LeBlanc informed the…
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted.
Presentation: Update on Bill C-65 update (Hilary Flett, Director, Workplace Directorate, Labour Program)H. Flett provided an update on the regulatory developments related to Bill C-65 and emphasized…
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted.
Presentation: Workplace Well-Being Project (Dr. Michael Harber, Policy and Program Entrepreneur, HC)The Deputy Ministers Task Force on Public Sector Innovation, mandated to play an action-oriented…
Adoption of the agendaThe Co-chair welcomed three new Employer Side representatives: Arik Payette, from Treasury Board Secretariat, Nancy Porteous, from Health Canada and Jean-Rock Tourigny from Public Services and Procurement Canada.…
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Service Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety
For greater clarity, there is no set date to return to workspaces and this will vary by region, department/agency, individual circumstances and other potential factors. The Service…
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted with the addition of item #10 National Building Codes.
Presentation - Canada School of the Public Service - OHS Curriculum and Next StepsS. Bélanger, Assistant Director and L. Landriault, Leaning…
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted with the addition of item #6 Harassment & Violence.
Update from the Sub-committee on Competent PersonsThe sub-committee on competent persons began meeting regularly and has had three (3) meetings…
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted.
List of SWOHS members to be posted onlineThe Committee approved the final list of SWOHS members to be posted online. It was noted that there is a vacant position on the Employer Side which will be…
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With spring upon us and the temperatures slowly on the rise, custodians will soon be switching over the operations of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in…
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20.1 “The employer shall carry out its obligations under this Part in consultation with and the participation of the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee…
What criteria are used in appointing a competent person to undertake a work place violence investigation?Part 20.9 (1) of the Canada Occupational Health and Safety (COHS) Regulations sets out the three (3) criteria that exist to be deemed a…
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Service Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety
The Service Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety (SWOHS) has recognized that there is lack of clarity surrounding Work Place Violence Investigations within Departments…
The Service Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety (SWOHS) met at 9:30 a.m. in Room 718, West Tower, 240 Sparks Street, with Don Graham presiding.
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted.
Presentation: An update on the upcoming…
The Service Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety (SWOHS) met at 9:30 a.m. in Room 718, West Tower, 240 Sparks Street, with Don Graham presiding.
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted.
SWOHS/JEEC Sub-Committee Report/…
The Service Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety (SWOHS) met at 9:30 a.m. in Room 718, West Tower, 240 Sparks Street, with Don Graham presiding.
Adoption of the agendaThe agenda was adopted.
Occupational Health and Safety –…
Service Wide Occupational Health and Safety Committee
What criteria are used in appointing a competent person to undertake a work place violence investigation?Part 20.9 (1) of the Canada Occupational Health and Safety (COHS) Regulations sets out…
Service Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety
The Service Wide Committee on Occupational Health and Safety has recognized that there continues to be lack of clarity surrounding Work Place Violence Investigations within Departments and the…
