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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour is calling out the province for too-slow investigations into serious workplace incidents by the Occupational Health and Safety Division of the Department of Digital Government and Service N.L.
“Without appropriate investigations, injured workers and their families are left wondering how a workplace accident could happen and are provided with no assurances that employers are taking appropriate action to ensure it does not occur again,” federation president Jessica McCormick said. “To learn that some employers avoided accountability simply because of procedural failures is shameful.”
“In the face of such a scathing report, our government has chosen to ignore recommendations to address the under-resourcing of the OHS Division and has instead restructured positions within the existing budget,” said McCormick. “Given the 2022 audit emphasized OHS Officer workloads as a contributing factor to the delays and missed timelines, we fail to see how restructuring will address the issues.
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