"This Quick Reference helps you make sense of the Occupational Health & Safety Act (OH & S Act) and Regulations - quickly and easily - and lets you see exactly what you need to do to ensure your business complies with the sections of the OH & S Act and Regulations that relate to your business. Chapter 1 features more than 20 key compliance issues that are identified, defined, cross-referenced and accompanied by a legal compliance checklist and Chapter 2 is the full text of the OH & S Act and key Regulations."--Pub. desc.

Workplace injuries happen every day and can profoundly affect workers, their families, and the communities in which they live. This textbook is for workers and students looking for an introduction to injury prevention on the job. Foster and Barnetson bring the field into the twenty-first century by including discussions of how precarious employment, gender, and ill-health can be better handled in Canadian OHS.