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Young Workers
Growing Pains
Alberta’s new employment standards for workers under the age…
Safeguarding Green Hands
For many young workers — usually defined as those…
In the Bud
Youth brings with it vigour and enthusiasm, but young…
Rail conductor involved in Banff crash fired again for social media posts
CALGARY – A Canadian Pacific Railway conductor who was…
Saskatchewan pot survey suggests legal weed be regulated similar to alcohol
REGINA – A Saskatchewan government survey suggests most respondents…
Edmonton inquiry looks into death of 18 year old railway yard worker
EDMONTON – A fatality inquiry into the death of…
Farm worker, 25, dead in tractor accident
CNESST investigating tragedy
Precarious work affects mental and physical health: OFL survey
Close to 5,000 Ontario workers polled
Government plans to sponsor new Grain Safety Program for farmers
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada offers $375,000 in funding
Recommendations on farm employment standards released
Farm workers should not get overtime pay: report
Man, 25, dies in accident on highway construction site
Fatality occurred on Saskatchewan highway
Companies will have to step up work life balance policies as young people enter workforce
TORONTO – The work-life balance in European countries seems…
Explosion kills 19-year-old welder at worksite in Saskatchewan
Teen worker was opening barrel with torch
Mould, radiation concerns raised at Dalhousie dentistry clinic
N.S. Department of Labour and Advanced Education investigating
Pearson International Airport worker critically injured in vehicle accident
Teen worker thrown from baggage dolly in collision with fuel truck
Student video on workplace safety reaches viewers in construction industry
Two-minute PSA video screened for 100 construction workers
OFL calls on authorities to pursue criminal convictions for workplace fatalities
Push for stricter penalties follows death of young miner
Growing Pains
Often, the final punctuation in a life story is not a period, but a question mark. After 15-year-old Christopher Lawrence was entangled in a conveyor belt at a gravel-crushing site outside Drumheller, Alberta in July, safety inspectors fanned out across the province in early commencement of a planned inspection blitz on gravel-crushing sites. The death of the teenage worker has raised a larger question: should Lawrence have been permitted to work in that position at all?
