Bethany Care Society is committed to ensuring the protection of the physical and psychological health and safety of all Bethany employees.
On June 1st, 2018, changes to the Alberta Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) Act were implemented to ensure workers in Alberta have the same rights and protections as all other Canadian workplaces.
The Alberta OHS Act and Code now includes expectations that require all workplaces to implement policies and procedures that help protect not just the physical safety of workers but their psychological and social well-being as well.
Bethany has updated all relevant policies and procedures in alignment with the new requirements and has created a new policy called Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace. Starting the week of January 21st, all employees will receive notification to Read/Complete a Policy Tech reading assignment and quiz for the new Psychological Health & Safety in the Workplace Policy.
Supervisors have taken part in training of this new policy and will be leading employee Huddles. The learning objectives for these Huddles are to:
• learn the definitions of workplace harassment, bullying and violence;
• be able to recognize workplace harassment, bullying and violence;
• introduce and ensure that all employees are aware of the policies, and procedures that address concerns related to workplace harassment, bullying and violence, and required actions;
• learn the procedures to be used to: Recognize, Respond and Report incidents.
Training will be mandatory for all Bethany employees and must be completed by March 15, 2019.
ADDITIONAL LINKS & RESOURCES
Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace policy
Reporting and Investigating Incidents and Injuries policy
Hazardous Condition and Employee Injury Report form
Lesley MacKinnon
Manager, Safety
Human Resources
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