Health & Safety

Health & Safety Orientation Checklist – Restaurants
This New Hire Health & Safety Orientation Checklist is designed specifically for restaurant settings to ensure compliance with legal requirements and industry best practices. Use this customizable template to onboard new employees, familiarize them with workplace safety procedures, and create a safe and compliant work environment.

Your Five-Year Plan to a Healthier, Safer Workplace
What’s your five-year plan? Not for business development, but for your health and safety program.
Don’t worry if you can’t answer that question right now. That’s what this page is for! But it is important to start thinking about your business’s long-term health and safety goals. Ideally, you should have an annual plan along with a longer-term strategy spanning the next three to five years.

The Importance of Leadership to Workplace Health and Safety
Strong leadership is essential for fostering a culture of workplace health and safety. When employers, managers, and executives model safety commitment, allocate resources, and engage employees, they set the foundation for a physically and psychologically safe work environment.

Panorama Mountain Resort: Leading the Way in Staff Well-being
Julia Price, Health & Safety Coordinator at Panorama Mountain Resort, highlights how the Certificate of Recognition (COR) program has been instrumental in their safety success. She also shares valuable insights from her experience as a first-time internal auditor.

Develop a Health & Safety Policy
A Health & Safety Policy is your business’s commitment to protecting workers from physical and psychological hazards. By outlining responsibilities, compliance, and safety priorities, this policy sets the foundation for a safer workplace and should be reviewed, signed, and shared annually.

Know About Responsibilities
Everyone in a workplace – from senior executives to front-line workers – is responsible for maintaining a healthy and safe environment (it’s the law!). Employers, supervisors, and workers each have different roles to play.

Occupational Health and Safety Policy Template
This is a template for an Occupational Health and Safety Policy document.

Ask About Safety
Starting a new job can be exciting—but it can also be overwhelming. Whether you’re new to the workforce or just starting a different role, it’s important to know your workplace rights and responsibilities when it comes to health and safety.

Become a Worker Representative
Looking to build new skills and make a real impact at work? In addition to ensuring the well-being of your colleagues, becoming a Worker Health and Safety Representative is also a chance for you to develop valuable skills and knowledge. It’s more than just attending meetings; it’s an opportunity to grow both personally and professionally.

Enhance Your Workplace First Aid Program with go2HR
We offer a free service designed to help you stay up to date with the new regulatory requirements for workplace first aid. Our expert team is here to guide you in aligning your workplace practices with the latest standards, ensuring your team remains well-prepared for any workplace injury or illness.