Safe and healthy workplaces start and end with the attitudes and behaviours of both workplace parties – employers and workers.

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Challenge

Designated conditions and substances require that employers monitor the health of their employees for adverse effects.

Policies and procedures need to accurately reflect the programs designed to protect employee health.

Employers need to ensure that employees operating in safety sensitive positions are physically capable of safely performing their tasks.

Drugs and alcohol have no place in the workplace. How does an employer deal with drug and alcohol issues in compliance with the law?

Canadian privacy laws are very specific as what health information an employer is entitled to possess.

Health records need to be maintained and protected for specific lengths of time.

When challenged, how do employers defend themselves?

Solution

Focus Workplace Ltd. provides medical surveillance programs that monitor the health of your employees relative to specific conditions or exposures.

Focus Workplace Ltd. assists with the development of documentation that accurately describes the medical surveillance programs in a legally defensible manner.

Focus Workplace Ltd. assists you with the development of programs designed to ensure compliance with regulations around safety sensitive positions. Our forklift medicals and other targeted safety sensitive positions medicals ensure that your employee is physically capable of performing the job safely.

The Medical Review Officer program ensures that you deal with drug and alcohol issues in compliance with the law.

Focus Workplace Ltd. ensures that you only have access to your employee medical information as prescribed by law. Aggregate reporting provides you with the information you require to make management decisions.

Focus Workplace Ltd. provides secure and managed storage for medical information and access to that information (as prescribed by law) for the appropriate length of time.

Focus Workplace Ltd. designs programs that are designed to ensure compliance with the law. We are available to act as expert witnesses in the event a situation ends up in dispute.

Role of Focus Workplace

Focus Workplace Ltd. advises designs and implements programs in compliance with the law. We ensure that medical information is stored and distributed according to the appropriate legislation.

Contact Us

Anne Graham, Health Services Coordinator
Phone: 519 896-3330
Email: agraham@focusworkplace.com

Our Related Services

Health & Wellness Strategic Plan Medical Surveillance Policies & Implementation Safety Sensitive Positions Forklift Medicals Medical Review Officer Records Custodial Management