Greetings,
Please review the applicable HSE Updates.
- Company Safety Meeting Presentation: deadline: two weeks following the Company Safety Meeting
- It is mandatory to review the Company Safety Meeting on SiteDocs and sign-off that you have done so. If the deadline has passed – you missed it but are still expected to review and sign-off the presentation in SiteDocs.
- H&S Bulletin: Answer due by 8am last Friday of the month
- See attached: April 2025 Health and Safety Bulletin
- Health and Safety Committee: Next Meeting: usually Thurs before last Fri of the month
- If you can’t join the HSC meetings, you can still participate by providing feedback, questions, or concerns to hsc@raeengineering.ca. Please submit feedback prior to the next meeting so it can be brought forward.
- The HSC meets the last Thursday of each month at 1pm via Teams
- Previous HSC Meeting Minutes can be found in the Teams Channel and on SiteDocs
- Safety Rewards Program: Where your commitment to RAE’s Safety Culture is rewarded!
- Submit more cards! Be specific in how your coworkers are contributing to safety! The latest PRC winners are:
- $500 Best Card Winner: Irwin Garcia
- $100 Safety PRC Draw: William Yan
- If you have any questions or concerns about the Safety Rewards Program, or would like to sign-up to do a presentation, please email hsc@raeengineering.ca.
- Submit more cards! Be specific in how your coworkers are contributing to safety! The latest PRC winners are:
- Peer Recognitions: Due by Company Safety Meeting each month
OHS
- The latest OHS eNews - April 2025 (attached) includes:
- New and updated OHS resources:
- New:
- 2024 Change highlights: Alberta's OHS Code (webinar)
- 2024 Change highlights: Explosives – Part 33 in the OHS Code
- 2024 Change highlights: Miscellaneous parts of the OHS Code
- 2024 Change highlights: Oil, gas and geothermal energy – Part 37 in the OHS Code
- Violence and harassment prevention plan (template)
- Updated:
- 2024 Change highlights: Violence and harassment – Part 27 in the OHS Code
- Approved first aid training agencies
- Domestic violence in the workplace
- Health and safety committees and representatives
- Health and safety committees and representatives (eLearning)
- Occupational health and safety starter kit
- Occupational health and safety starter kit: template package
- Psychosocial hazards in the workplace: Assessment and control
- Stop violence and harassment in the workplace (poster)
- Violence and harassment in the workplace
- Working alone
- X–treme safety: Young worker's guide to safety and employment rules
- You deserve to come home safe (poster)
- New:
- Updated OHS Code mandatory as of 31 March 2025. Changes included updates to
- Part 27 (Violence and harassment),
- Part 33 (Explosives),
- Part 37 (Oil, gas and geothermal energy), and
- miscellaneous amendments across the OHS Code.
- Violence and harassment remain work site hazards under OHS legislation
- Information about OHS legislation enforcement
- Online Searchable Legislation Tool updated to latest version of OHS Code
- National Volunteer Week
- Free webinar for small and medium business employers
- The information sessions will take place on April 8 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. To register or get more details about the topics that will be presented, click here.
- Upcoming live webinars on employment standards. For more information, or to register for one of the sessions, visit alberta.ca/employment-standards-webinars.aspx.
- Termination & Pay: Employer obligations and employee rights (April 9 at 11 a.m.)
- General Holidays & Pay: Who qualifies and how pay is calculated (April 16 at 11 a.m.)
- Overtime: When it applies and how it must be paid (April 23 at 11 a.m.)
- Youth Employment: Rules for hiring and protecting young workers (April 30 at 11 a.m.)
- New and updated OHS resources:
MHCC (Mental Health Commission of Canada)
- “Unhoused” and “Homeless” – What’s the Difference?: Language matters: The best advice from advocates: talk about the issues and use terms that people use to refer to their own lived experience.
- A Strategic Approach to E-Mental Health: Hard-and-fast rules have eluded the burgeoning field of electronic mental health. Canada’s First E-Mental Health Strategy offers practical tools and recommendations.