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Who Knew? In 2006-2007, The Status of Women Office provided $98,000 toward 59 activities hosted by, or for, women. Occupational Health & Safety In 1972, Saskatchewan pioneered occupational health and safety legislation in Canada. This was the first jurisdiction to legislate a system that made health and safety the joint responsibility of management and workers, required worker-management occupational health committees to be actively involved in identifying and resolving health and safety concerns and enshrined and protected workers' fundamental rights.
Related Links
The WorkSafe Saskatchewan website is a collection of information designed to help workers and employers prevent injuries and illness in their workplace. The collection contains hundreds of documents on a wide variety of workplace issues. Saskatchewan people can now access read-only versions of Canadian Standards Association (CSA) standards through View Access - a pilot project aimed at providing easy access to CSA occupational health and safety standards. View Access will help employers in our province and across Canada comply with health and safety legislation and contribute to an overall culture of health and safety. The Conference Board of Canada is studying the impacts of literacy on workplace health and safety. They want to find out if Canadian workplaces experience any health and safety-related incidents which can be linked to literacy and basic skills. They are also looking to see if Canadian workplaces receive any health and safety benefits as a result of improving literacy and basic skills. |
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