HAMILTON, ON - December 22, 2005 - The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has launched a web portal, Bringing Health to Work as a new public service. This website is dedicated to providing employers, employees and practitioners, free and easy access to one of the most comprehensive collections of credible resources in Canada for creating and promoting healthy workplaces.
There is a strong connection between the health and well being of people and their work environments, and therefore, many reasons to develop healthy workplaces. Healthier workplaces can improve worker health, job satisfaction, morale, profitability, productivity, increase retention and recruitment, as well as reduce injuries. Families and communities also benefit through improved mental health, enhanced physical levels, reduced health costs, improved public safety and an overall improved work-life quality. Now there is a website that can help.
Bringing Health to Work offers "one stop" access to more than 300 of the most authoritative and reliable sources of workplace health and wellness information on the Web! It is a virtual clearinghouse of links to programs and tools, case studies, policies, publications, resources and more. The information on the site is organized by topics, by role (employee, employer or practitioner) and by resource type, to make finding information easy. The site can be accessed directly from the CCOHS homepage.
"The launch of this resource-rich website is just one example of the comprehensive approach to health and safety that CCOHS is taking in the services it provides to the Canadian people," said Dr. P.K. Abeytunga, Vice President and Director General of CCOHS. "The impact of healthy workplaces is far reaching. They contribute to the productivity, competitiveness and wealth of our economy and impact the quality of working life, affecting families, communities and the whole of our society," added Dr. Abeytunga. "We believe that this website will help inspire and enable people to participate in making their workplaces healthy that all may thrive and benefit."
And this is only the beginning. CCOHS will continue to improve and expand the content to enhance and make it an even richer resource - one that offers help to improve the health of Canadian organizations, their employees and their work environments.
Healthy Employees + Healthy Organizations = Healthy Workplaces
Visit CCOHS' Bringing Health to Work at www.ccohs.ca/healthyworkplaces/
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Eleanor Irwin, Manager - Marketing, Sales and Communications
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
905/572-2981, Ext. 4408 Email: eleanori@ccohs.ca
Please visit www.ccohs-cchst.ca
About CCOHS
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), formed in 1978, is a Canadian federal government agency based in Hamilton, Ontario. CCOHS provides Canadians with unbiased, relevant information, training and advice that supports responsible decision-making and promotes safe and healthy workplaces. CCOHS makes a wide range of occupational health and safety information readily available, in language that is appropriate for all users, from the general public to the health and safety professional. Internationally, the Centre is renowned as an innovative, authoritative occupational health and safety resource. CCOHS partners and collaborates with agencies and organizations from Canada and around the world to improve the quality and quantity of resources and programs, as well as expand the breadth of usage of occupational health information to many different segments of society.
