Organizational context
Organizational contexts—for example, workplace size, sector and jurisdiction—can shape employer responses to occupational health and safety (OHS). They can also affect organizations’ ability to support employees living with disabling health conditions to stay at work or return to work after an absence. Our research seeks to better understand how these contexts may influence the effectiveness of programs and policies to prevent work injuries and improve OHS and return-to-work outcomes, with a special emphasis on the needs of small business.
Latest findings
Lower injury rates found when workers feel their workplace prioritizes their wellbeing
An IWH study has found study found that poor psychosocial safety and poor physical safety both increase the risk of work-related mental and physical injuries.
Differences in firm-level AI use for health and safety
To what extent are Canadian workplaces using artificial intelligence (AI) to help support workers’ health and safety? And what do these workplaces have in common? An IWH study surveyed firms across Ontario and British Columbia to find out.
Preventing PTSI work disability at first responder organizations: perspectives from the workplace
In a multi-part study, an IWH team drew on interviews with leaders and members in first response services to learn what they’re currently doing to prevent PTSI work disability—and what barriers and facilitators they’ve experienced—to distill several recommendations.Featured impact case study
An IWH study on the effectiveness of Ontario's mandatory training was valuable to the labour ministry in several ways—including in reinforcing the value of program evaluations.
Featured impact case study
Needing a tool to measure the OHS performance of its members firms, the Saskatchewan Construction Safety Association turned to the Institute's easy-to-use, eight-item IWH-OPM.
