International Labour Organization

• Ag Growth International (“AGI”) is on a mission to create a zero-harm work environment by making safety a core guiding principle and driving best practice awareness during its fourth annual One AGI Safety Week, April 22-26, 2024.
• View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240422347160/en/
  Ag Growth International (“AGI”) is on a mission to create a zero-harm work environment by making safety a core guiding principle and driving best practice awareness during its fourth annual One AGI Safety Week, April 22-26, 2024.
• (Graphic: Business Wire)
  “Today, I am extremely pleased to kick off our 2024 One AGI Safety Week celebrated globally across our organization,” says Paul Householder, AGI President & CEO.
• According to Harsha Bhojraj, AGI Vice President of Manufacturing and Safety Lead, the week also begins employee nominations for AGI’s annual Safety Awards that acknowledge individuals, teams and locations for exemplary safety best practices and performance.

• In the U.S., more than 2 million workers face violence on the job each year – and those are just the cases that get reported.
• The effects of workplace violence are profound, including physical and emotional suffering, destroyed careers and harm to companies and society.
• Although estimates differ, researchers have put the cost of workplace violence at as much as US$56 billion annually – and that’s likely an undercount.

Service workers are at risk

• Similarly, a survey by the AFL-CIO found that 53% of hotel workers had experienced harassment on the job.
• Meanwhile, 3 in 4 health care workers report exposure to workplace violence.
• At the same time, men of color and women of all races, who are at elevated risk of having already experienced discrimination, are overrepresented among service industry employees.

Companies fail to prioritize safety

• The potential for cost savings was made clear in another Liberty Mutual report published about two decades later.
• It found that on-the-job violence cost the health and social services sector nearly half a billion dollars in 2022 alone.
• Despite this fact, only about 30% of businesses have established safety and health programs, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Opportunities and solutions exist

• Research shows that a diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging lens in the workplace helps create a feeling of safety and confidence that fosters security.
• Many employees will have experienced forms of discrimination in varying degrees of severity throughout their time in the workplace.
• By adopting a DEIB-informed approach and expressing cultural sensitivity, workplaces can become safer environments for everyone.
• Their evidence-based approach encompasses a variety of interventions against workplace violence and works toward creating meaningful change in industries across the country.

Miranda Kitterlin-Lynch volunteered as a speaker at PAVE Prevention Inc.'s annual summits in 2022 and 2023. She has no financial stake in the organization.

• RICHMOND, BC, April 5, 2024 /CNW/ - Federal, provincial and territorial labour ministers met today to collaborate on common issues in workplaces across Canada.
• Ministers then discussed occupational health and safety protections and labour standards for workers in gig work and other non-standard employment circumstances.
• The labour ministers' meeting was a chance to compare best practices and discuss ways to keep up with the needs of our changing workplaces."
• – The Honourable Harry Bains, Minister of Labour for British Columbia
  The federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for labour meet regularly to discuss issues of mutual concern that they can collaboratively address.

• In fact, Deloitte’s Human Capital Trends report ranked belonging as the top human capital issue that organizations face today.
• End Human Trafficking, Ignite Hope will be presented by Liz Griffin, the executive director of Unbound Now Austin, a 501c3 nonprofit that is dedicated to extinguishing human trafficking and igniting hope.
• Lucy Hobbs Project attendees will have the opportunity to earn up to five units of continuing education credit.
• In addition, the event will include a brunch buffet, networking, shopping and opportunities to raise funds and awareness for Unbound Now Austin.