Category: Personal Protective Equipment
Webinar: COVID case law update
In this webinar, Simran Prihar, Ryan Newell, and Gabe Hoogers reviewed the latest workplace law cases involving COVID-19.
Healthcare workers’ rights to PPE enhanced under Ontario Directive #5
Simran Prihar takes us through the hard-fought changes to Ontario’s Directive #5 to improve COVID-19 protections for workers in hospitals and long-term care homes.
Webinar – Reopening Ontario: Issues for Workers and Unions
This webinar examined the issues unions and employees should be thinking about as Ontario workplaces gradually reopen.
Webinar: Protecting Worker Health and Safety
Christine Davies and Ryan Newell led this webinar on Protecting Worker Health and Safety During the Pandemic. Kelly Doctor moderated. Materials available here.
Personal protective equipment for health care workers in the COVID-19 crisis
One of the most critical health and safety obligations an employer has is to ensure that workers have access to sufficient personal protective equipment. Ryan Newell discusses PPE obligations in the healthcare sector and the principles that should guide employers’ choices.