Occupational Health and Safety is an area concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The aim of these programs is to implement and create a safe and healthy working condition. It is important for moral, legal and financial reasons. Morally employers have common law duty to have reasonable care to protect their workers. In a Legal way government can impose additional regulations and government bodies to watch over the workplace health and safety conditions regularly. Following OHS practises can result in less employee injuries and can bring down the employers a medical benefit expenses.
In Canada workers are protected by federal and provincial occupational health and safety acts. At a Federal level there is Canadian Centre of Occupational health and safety and at provincial level every Province has their own. In Ontario Occupational Health and safety is covered by Ontario Ministry of Labour.
