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Red alert: Is Your Workplace Emergency Ready?

Danger in the workplace can take different forms. Besides occupational hazards and illnesses, it is important to be prepared for emergencies, such as extreme weather events, fires, chemical spills, gas leaks, and floods.

Emergency preparedness is an essential aspect of workplace health & safety. Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, it is the employer’s duty to take all reasonable precautions to provide a safe workplace to their workers. This includes being prepared for emergencies.

You should train your employees on responding to such crises. Developing an emergency response plan will help reduce the impact of the disruptive event and get your business back on track faster.

In this webinar, our experts, Olivia Cicchini and Michelle Ann Zoleta, discuss how you can prepare for different kinds of emergencies in the workplace.

After watching the webinar, you’ll know:

  • Common types of emergencies 

  • How to develop an emergency response plan 
  • Staff training for emergency response 
  • How to address hazardous substances in your emergency plan 
  • Steps to take to protect important data and paperwork



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Meet Our Speakers



Olivia Cicchini, Employment Law Expert & Presenter, Peninsula Canada

A licensed paralegal, Olivia has significant insight into legal, HR, and employee management challenges faced by Canadian SMEs. 

She utilizes her employment law expertise to create relevant and comprehensive content to help small business owners stay compliant with employment standards and health & safety legislation.  

Olivia’s incisive commentary regularly appears on radio, websites and in newspapers. Her views have been featured on CBC Radio, CTV News, CP24, and Toronto Sun.





Michelle Ann Zoleta, Health and Safety Manager, Peninsula Canada

As the health and safety manager, Michelle ensures the health and safety team provide compliant advice to all Peninsula clients. 

She guides the health and safety team on addressing difficult inquiries in the eight provinces Peninsula operates in. Michelle has sound knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety laws and regulations across Canada.

She has extensive experience in providing consultation to clients on all aspects of health and safety management — offering timely answers and effective solutions to their concerns.