Our fourth item on the list of pain points for small businesses is Safety and Protection: Occupational Health and Safety. Although many would not classify occupational health and safety as an Human Resources component, implementing safe workplace policies and procedures is an Human Resources function. Small businesses may not spend as much time developing and […]
The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission is the governing body that administers the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act: a provincial statute created in 1969 to protect human rights in Nova Scotia. There are 16 protected characteristics which consist of: age, race, colour, religion, creed, ethnic, national or aboriginal origin, sex (including pregnancy and pay equity), […]
The annual cost of fire (not including forest fires) in Canada is approximately $6 billion or 1.25% of the GDP; of which $2.5 billion is fire losses and $3.5 billion is the cost of fire protection. 15% of all property fires occur in the workplace. Approximately 600 persons die in fires every year, with many […]
