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Cathy Chandler
OHS Consultant / Paralegal • Toronto
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Cathy Chandler
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Cathy Chandler is an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) consultant in Gowlings' Toronto office, specializing in occupational health and safety law and workers’ compensation. She provides consulting, training and litigation support for employers, organizations and industry associations across Canada.
Cathy has conducted numerous seminars for clients on how to practically comply with OHS legislation. She is frequently engaged to perform gap analysis audits to determine client’s legal compliance with OHS legislation. She has developed numerous workplace specific policies, procedures and training programs for clients in the area of OHS and workers' compensation claims management.
Cathy received her Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) designation in 2003 and her Certified Health and Safety Consultant designation in 2009. Cathy is a frequent presenter at Gowlings' scheduled and in-house seminars and courses across Canada in the area of occupational health and safety and workers' compensation including:
- OHS Due Diligence for Managers and Supervisors
- Federal OHS Due Diligence
- Workplace Accident Investigation
- Confined Space
- Joint Health and Safety Committee Certification Training
- Rights and Responsibilities of Workers
- Advanced Workers Compensation Claims Management
- Workplace Violence & Harassment
Cathy has spoken on a variety of OHS topics at numerous conferences and seminars including:
- “Conducting a Violence Risk Assessment”, Law Society of Upper Canada, 2010
- ‘Preventing and Managing Workplace Violence: An International Perspective’ at the CSSE annual conference in Calgary, September 2009
- ‘Confined Spaces and Due Diligence’, Industrial Accident Prevention Association Trade Show, 2008
Cathy is also a frequent contributor to Gowlings’ client publication, the OHS Law Report, and has authored/co-authored the following articles & publications:
- Preventing and Managing Workplace Violence in Ontario – Part 1, Canadian Corporate Counsel, January 2011
- Compliance Countdown for Employers with New Workplace Violence Prevention Law, Lexology, April 2010
- Managing Workplace Violence through Risk Assessment, 2010
- Developed a chapter on “Violence in the Health Care Sector” and assisted with the editing for the second edition of Norm Keith’s book, Human Resources Guide to Preventing Workplace Violence
- “CSI at Work (Accident Investigations), Canadian HR Reporter, December 2008
- “The SARS Crisis Re-Visited: The Canadian Experience”, World Focus, ASSE, Spring 2007
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