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Health Canada identifies lithium-ion batteries, infant bath seats, and water beads as hazards of concern
Health Canada has recently identified three new classes of products that pose a hazard of concern.
United States | Publication | April 2022
The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed amendments to its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation. 29 CFR 1904.41 requires certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information to OSHA.
The proposed amendments would require employers in certain high-hazard industries to electronically submit additional information from both their Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses and their Injury and Illness Incident Reports.
OSHA contends the new rule will improve its ability to use enforcement and compliance assistance resources to identify facilities where workers are at high risk.
The amendments would:
OSHA invites stakeholders to submit comments online using Docket No. OSHA-2021-0006 on the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Comments must be submitted 60 days after the proposed rule is published in the Federal Register.
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Health Canada has recently identified three new classes of products that pose a hazard of concern.
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An employer’s ability to ask for a sick note when an employee is absent from work due to illness is becoming increasingly curtailed across Canada.
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Since 2022, the Government of Canada has introduced three waves of amendments to the Competition Act (Act), making substantive changes to Canada’s competition laws, with the most recent amendments receiving royal assent on June 20, 2024.
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