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Retail

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Safety for Retailers: How to prevent violence 2 min 14 s

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  • Health & Safety for Retail Small Business (PDF 824 KB)
  • Health & Safety Guide for New Retail Workers (PDF 460 KB)
  • Health & Safety Guide for Garden Centre Workers (PDF 1 MB)
  • Preventing Violence, Robbery, and Theft: A Guide for Retail Owners, Managers, and Workers (PDF 1 MB)
  • Take Care: How to Develop and Implement a Workplace Violence Prevention Program (BK41) (PDF 467 KB) updated (Updated: December 2006)
  • Handbook for Employers: Working Alone, Late Night Retail, and Prepayment of Fuel (PDF 569 KB) New Item
  • Health and Safety for Retail: Prevention Tips (PDF 140 KB)
  • Does Your Back Hurt: A guide to preventing low back pain (PDF 127 KB)
  • Back Talk: An Owner's Manual for Backs BK4 (PDF 621 KB) (Updated: April 2007)
  • Ergonomics Commentary -- Non-prescribed wrist braces may not prevent hand and arm injuries at work (PDF 137 KB)
  • Back to Work, Back to Health: Return to Work for the Retail Industry (PDF 466 KB)
  • How to prepare an emergency response plan for your small business (PDF 210 KB)

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Retail Associations

Shelfspace
http://www.shelfspace.ca/
The Shelfspace story began nearly a century ago (as Retail Merchants Association of BC and Retail Merchants Association of Alberta also known as Retail BC and Retail Alberta) meeting the needs of a select group of professional retailers. Over the years, the association has become stronger and expanded to serve those with an entrepreneurial spirit and passion for retail.

Retail Council of Canada
http://www.retailcouncil.org/
Founded in 1963, Retail Council of Canada is the Voice of Retail. RCC is a not-for-profit association whose more than 9,000 members represent all retail formats, including national and regional department stores, mass merchants, specialty chains, independent stores and online merchants.



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