News and Updates
Three Common Ways The “Safety Person” Becomes a Liability to Your Business
August 18, 2022Are you a business owner that’s invested in a ‘safety person’ to take care of workplace safety? While this is a well intended and common practice, most business owners are unaware that they can be creating...
10 Reasons Why the Best-Managed Companies Don’t Focus on Compliance or Documentation
July 4, 2022Beating the drum of compliance & documentation is common amongst many Safety Managers & Coordinators. When hearing them speak with workers, I hear things like “You’re not documenting, we need to see the docu...
The Number One Reason for Stop Work Orders
June 28, 2022What would it cost your worksite to be shut down for a day?.. For a week?.. Did you know that if your company is issued a Stop Work Order, all your workers must still be paid? If you are on a job site with oth...
Avoiding Heat Stress When Working in Extreme Temperatures
June 16, 2022Extreme heat is predicted in the next few days, and will likely occur throughout the summer. In 2021 Canada was hit with one of the most devastating heat waves on record. One of the provinces hit the hardest was...
The Neuroscience of Safety Leadership
January 12, 2022The ever-evolving field of neuroscience is providing clearer insight into how leaders everywhere can foster safe, healthy, and highly productive workplaces with a basic understanding of how their employees’ br...
NEW 1Life Employee Training & Development Program – Eligible for Full Reimbursement Through Retrain Manitoba Initiative!
December 13, 2021The Province of Manitoba & Manitoba Chambers of Commerce recently launched the Retrain Manitoba Initiative, offering reimbursement of up to $2500/employee or $75,000/business towards the continued education and ...
The Neuroscience of MSI Injuries – The Link Between Psychosocial Risk Factors and Musculoskeletal Injury
November 2, 2021Chronic stress is a lot like a motor that is revved too high for too long, and after a period of time, it can have a cascading effect on the body. Statistics provided by the Mental Health Commission of Canada sh...
Fall/Winter Webinar Series
October 5, 2021We have teamed up with some of our accredited partners to bring you professional development to support continuous improvement in your team and business. Join 1Life & Arthur Gallagher Insurance as we team up for...
The Neuroscience of Safety Habits
August 9, 2021One of the most challenging aspects of safety management is changing employee’s safety habits. At best; it’s exhausting, and at worst; initiatives don’t seem to work at all! However, when we understand wha...
Manitoba Workplace Safety Fines Have Doubled – Our Recipe For Due Diligence
July 16, 2021Maximum prosecution fines for offences under the Act have been increased from $250,000 for a first offence to $500,000, and from $500,000 for a second or subsequent offence to $1,000,000. See all amendments here...
Workplace Happiness as a Leading Indicator?
June 30, 2021In safety management, leading indicators are highly valuable predictors of future losses to people, property, process and the environment. They are early warning signs of potential safety management system fai...
The Business Case for Workplace Happiness
June 14, 2021Scientific studies show that productivity, creativity, and profits directly correlate to the level of well-being experienced by employees in an organization. A Health Canada study showed that a stressful work cu...
A Coronavirus Survival Guide For Manitoba Business
June 3, 2021MANITOBA BUSINESS MATTERS As the backbone of the Manitoba economy, our small businesses must remain agile and proactive as the COVID-19 situation unfolds. Having timely access to policy changes, programs, expe...
NAOSH Week: Register for one of our upcoming webinars!
May 5, 2021How to Leverage Your Safety Program for Better Hiring Success Date: May 12 Time: 8:ooam CST Every owner knows that hiring, training and retaining a quality team is one of the biggest challenges in business. Keep...
Employer Questions: COVID-19 Work Refusal
January 20, 2021How do you deal with an employee’s COVID-19 work refusal? Our partner, People First HR Services, featured our President, Theo Heineman, in its January newsletter discussing that very topic. It’s a very informa...
Safety Brainiacs – Young Worker Safety
October 10, 2020Young Worker Safety Training Video Safety Series In this young worker safety training video, Theo Heineman, President & CEO of 1Life Workplace Safety Solutions, discusses young worker safety. Learn about...