Like Canada, your small business is diverse. Your employees may include new Canadians, temporary foreign workers, or others with English as their second language. Learn tips to overcome language and cultural barriers and about new multilingual resources that will help your workers understand common hazards. Plus, hear about potential changes to the OHSA and how they will impact small businesses (:51 seconds). Guest is Bill Hong Chen, Small Business Account Representative, WSPS.

Note: This episode was recorded on May 22, 2024. All information presented was in effect at that time.

Show Notes

• Multilingual agriculture and manufacturing safety resources: Remove language barriers to your workers' safety with free learning resources targeting the top health and safety hazards faced by the agriculture and manufacturing sectors; available in seven languages.
• Working for Workers Act Five (Ontario.ca)

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