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Essential Health & Safety Orientation for New Hires

Proper health & safety orientation for new employees is critical for the safety of your workplace. It is also your legal responsibility as an employer to train your staff properly on hazards in the workplace and on how to do their work safely.   

Health & safety training for new and inexperienced workers not only helps reduce the risk of accidents and injuries, but also helps your employees work more efficiently.  

Be it operating heavy machinery safely or using required personal protective equipment correctly, it is important that your employees understand their rights and responsibilities when it comes to workplace health & safety.  

In this webinar, our experts, Olivia Cicchini and Robert Babcock, share tips and guidance on how to conduct effective health & safety orientation for new staff. 

After watching the webinar, you’ll know:

  • Basics of health & safety orientation  
  • Rights & responsibilities of workers & supervisors  
  • Maintaining health & safety training records  
  • Common mistakes to avoid    
  • And more… 


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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.





Robert Babcock, Health and Safety SafeWorkCheck Partner, Peninsula Canada

Robert is an experienced health and safety manager with a demonstrated history of ensuring the organizations within his portfolio have established a comprehensive and compliant OHS program and have effectively and efficiently maintained their Internal Responsibility System on an on-going basis.

He is passionate about educating business owners on both what their legal requirements are to establish a safe work environment as well as the substantial return on investment a health and safety program can be for all Canadian businesses.