Conducting hazard assessments is a fundamental requirement of Ontario Bill 168 and other Canadian workplace violence laws. Hazard assessments are the bread and butter of a safety coordinator’s job. But assessing the risk of violence is a lot different from assessing physical and mechanical hazards, …

Here’s what the OHS law in your jurisdiction say about workplace violence risk assessments:
FEDERAL: Employer must assess the potential for workplace violence, using the factors identified under Sec. 20.4, by taking into account, at a minimum, the following: a) the nature of the work activities; …

Many jurisdictions publish guides and other resources on workplace violence that provide useful information on conducting violence risk assessments. Here are links to some of them:
FED: Guide to Violence Prevention in the Work Place

AB: Preventing Violence and Harassment at the Workplace
BC: A Workbook for …

BENEFITS: Most companies have written health and safety materials. But if workers can’t read or understand those materials, they’re useless. So companies should take steps to address literacy issues in the workplace in order to improve health and safety.
HOW TO USE THE TOOL: Use this …

Mandatory drug and alcohol testing can be an effective way to control the hazards posed by workers who are intoxicated or impaired. But testing policies have to respect workers’ privacy and civil rights. Courts, arbitrators and labour boards (which we’ll refer to collectively as “courts”) …