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Legislation in Saskatchewan ensures that Employers are required to set up and maintain an Occupational Health Committee (OHC) at workplaces with 10 or more workers. An occupational health and safety representative (OHS Representative) helps the Employer and workers to improve health and safety in the workplace by identifying and resolving relevant concerns. OHS Representatives are also required in…

Sept. 12-13, 2022: Board of Directors Meeting Financial Decisions: The SUN Board of Directors approved donations to: Searching 4 U Child & Missing Persons Network for $5,000 Kids Help Phone for $10,000 Unemployed Workers Help Centre for $5000 Briar Patch Magazine for $5000 Canadian Health Coalition for $5000 Oct 20, 2022: Board of Directors Meeting Board…

Both the Regina and Saskatoon SUN offices will be closed Monday, December 26, and Tuesday, December 27. The Regina SUN office will remain closed from December 28 to 30. Both offices will also be closed on Monday, January 2, 2023.  From Wednesday, December 28, to Friday, December 30, the Saskatoon SUN office will be open to assist SUN members. Both SUN offices resume regular business…

On November 3, 2022, the Government of Saskatchewan introduced the following amendments to the Saskatchewan Employment Act as Bill No. 91: Clarification of the definition of a worker to include secondary and post-secondary students, as well as volunteers and contractors, so that they are covered by the provisions in Part III of the Act. Requiring all employers to have a violence policy and to…

The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) is donating to Food Banks of Saskatchewan to help address hunger this holiday season. During the week of December 4, SUN announced a donation of $250,000 to Food Banks of Saskatchewan, which operates in 36 locations across the province. The donation will help address the increasing demand food banks are seeing as Saskatchewan residents struggle with…