Resources
Plain-language guides to the rules, standards and practical steps behind psychological health and safety at work, grouped by topic, with links to the primary sources.
Guides to the Ontario and federal rules that shape workplace mental health: what the Occupational Health and Safety Act requires on harassment, how the WSIB handles chronic mental stress, and what recent Working for Workers laws changed. Each guide links to the statute or regulator page it relies on. General information, not legal advice.
Bill 190 added harassment done virtually, through information and communications technology, to Ontario's definitions of workplace harassment and workplace sexual harassment. Here is the exact change and a checklist for employers.
Ontario law does not require a general mental health course for workers or supervisors. It does require instruction on violence and harassment, basic awareness training and JHSC certification. Here is where the line sits.
Federally regulated employers must provide harassment and violence prevention training under the Canada Labour Code. Here is who is covered, when training is due, what it must include and the related duties.
Ontario has no single workplace mental health law. This guide sets out what the OHSA, the Human Rights Code and the WSIB system require of employers, what is voluntary, and where to start.
Since 2018, Ontario workers can claim WSIB benefits for chronic mental stress. Here is how the test works, where harassment and employer decisions fit, and what employers can do to prevent the harm.
Guides for joint health and safety committee members and health and safety representatives in Ontario: committee training, workplace inspections, written recommendations, and where psychosocial hazards fit into the committee's work. Each guide links to the Ministry of Labour pages it draws on.
Ontario's monthly JHSC inspection can look for psychosocial hazards as well as physical ones. Here is how to prepare, what to observe, how to talk to workers and how to record hazards, not people.
Ontario's amended JHSC certification training standards took effect on July 31, 2026. Here is what changed, what it means for committee members and employers, and where psychological health training fits.
Guides to CAN/CSA-Z1003-13/BNQ 9700-803, the voluntary National Standard of Canada for psychological health and safety in the workplace, and to the practical work of building a program around it: the 13 workplace factors, hazard assessment, policy, and measuring progress.
A psychosocial hazard assessment finds the parts of how work is organized and led that can harm mental health, then rates and controls them. Here is a seven-step method based on CSA Z1003 and CCOHS guidance.
National estimates, recent Statistics Canada data and Ontario WSIB trends on the cost of mental health at work, plus a step-by-step way to build a business case from your own numbers.
A plain-language walk through CSA Z1003, Canada's voluntary standard for psychological health and safety at work: what it asks of employers, what is optional, and what the coming second edition means.
Practical guides for anyone at work who notices a co-worker struggling: what to say and what to avoid, how to listen, how to connect someone with help, and what to do after a critical incident. These guides teach conversation skills, not clinical care. In a crisis, call or text 9-8-8. In an emergency, call 9-1-1.
You do not need perfect words to check on a co-worker. Here are phrases that open the door, phrases that close it, and what to do if you are worried about their safety.
A serious injury, a death or an act of violence at work leaves people shaken and managers with urgent duties. Here is what to do in the first hour, the first day and the days that follow.
Guides for supervisors, managers, HR and owners: how to talk about mental health with your team, how to handle accommodation and return to work, how to manage workload and conflict, and how to make the case for psychological health and safety in your organization.
How a supervisor opens a mental health conversation shapes everything after it. Here are words to use, words to swap, what not to ask, and how to agree on next steps.
Guides to workplace mental health in specific kinds of work: construction, warehousing and logistics, manufacturing, trucking, healthcare and municipal services. Each one looks at the pressures common in that work and at what employers, supervisors and crews can do about them.
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