ADMN $3260-$ Group Assignment

Paper and Program Materials

The group assignment for this course is a practical application paper related to relevant topics in

Occupational Health and Safety. Completing this assignment will aid you in achieving course learning

objectives and will allow you to develop your research and writing skills as a third$-$year undergraduate

level

It is highly recommended that you watch the video on blackboard entitled $$Using Sources

Effectively$$ prior to starting this assignment. It is posted in the assignment section for this

course.

Assignment Due Date:

Wednesday March $27$th$,2024$ electronically via blackboard by start of class $11$am$.$ SafeAssign will

be used to check for plagiarism. Any version of the e$-$copy handed in after these deadlines will be

considered late and subject to late penalty.

Assignment:

Together with your group members $($i$.$e$.,4$ members maximum$)$ on a Joint Health and Safety

Committee, you're striving to have your workplace get one of the upcoming Canada's Safest

Employers Awards that is organized by the Canadian Occupational Safety magazine, which

celebrate organizations across Canada for their commitment to maintaining a safe work

environment.

Your goal is to select one of the scenarios below and, in response to the situation listed in your

scenario, develop, and implement an innovative and award$-$winning OHSA strategy for your

business. Your strategy$/$plan should show that you are aware of$,$ have examined, and have

considered the risks and hazards that are unique to your workplace and industry.

As part of your strategy, elaborate how your plan will be carried out. This includes any policies,

health, safety, and wellness practices, training, motivational techniques, and integrated health

systems management programs etc.

SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SCENARIOS:

$$ Scenario $1$: Located in southwestern Ontario, your office is part of a large international

IT firm with a combined Human Resources and Occupational Health and Disability

Management team of $6-8$ full$-$time experts. Although most of your coworkers are young

$($average age of $27),$ the demographics of your office are quite diverse $($gender$,$ ethnicity,

sexual identity and orientation, religion$).$ Personnel are highly skilled and committed. You

have workers, clients, and vendors in Canada and other countries, yet you don't allow

unionization. Long hours and high stress levels at work are common experiences for

many people. After merging with a major rival two years ago, however, disability claims

related to mental health difficulties increased by $10\%.$

$$ Scenario $2$: You are a member of the Health, Wellness, and Safety Team of a senior

care facility in a Toronto suburb. Employees from a wide range of ethnic origins fill the

roles of nurses, personal support workers, and housekeepers, either full or part time.

Employees work irregular hours and juggle multiple obligations as they care for

vulnerable patients and their families. Physical safety has always been a primary focus,

and the company has a strong safety culture. Employees have received extensive

training and are proficient in dealing with hazards such as biological and chemical

agents, safe lifting practices, and the use of personal protective equipment. There has

been an increase in animosity and conflict in the workplace during the past two years,

both amongst employees and between patients and their families. The number of

complaints and allegations of harassment has increased by $15\%,$ and morale is at an alltime low. This may have an effect on the safety of the residents.

$$ Scenario $3$: You work at a major Canadian mining company. You, together with other

staff members, union health and safety representatives, front$-$line supervisors, and

upper$-$level management, participate regularly in the joint health and safety committee.

Your company places a premium on worker protection and invests heavily in

occupational health and safety policies, practices, and equipment. However, over the

past five years, there has been an increase in the number of accidents and nearaccidents, some of which have resulted in fatalities or major injuries. According to the

accident records your committee has been reviewing, most accidents involve

inexperienced or temporary workers who don't always practice safe work habits like

properly handling dangerous items.

$$ Scenario $4$: In a major city in Canada, you work for a transit firm that is heavily

regulated and unionized. As a member of a sizeable HR and wellness, and disability

management team, you assist a diverse group of workers. The majority of workers are in

their middle to late $30$s and $40$s$,$ and a number of them suffer from long$-$term illnesses

such diabetes and back and prostate ailments. In addition, the frequency of incidences

of customer violence, hostility, and harassment has increased over the past seven

years, making life for frontline employees $($operators and customer service staff$)$