Hearing protection is necessary to prevent health risks related to occupational noise exposure. Here’s what you need to know if you’re considering custom earplugs.

There are many ways to improve physical fitness levels and overall endurance and doing so will have positive lasting impacts on health, wellness, and job performance.

Resilient employees are more productive, innovative, and effective in the workplace. Here’s how you can boost resilience in your workplace.

Most employees still feel uncomfortable approaching employers about mental health issues. Here are 7 ways to support your employees’ mental wellness as they return to work

Hiring the wrong employee can have disastrous consequences. Behavioral Assessment Testing can help you find the best employees for the job.

Employees in industries such as mining and manufacturing may be at risk for serious lung health issues if proper safety interventions aren’t used. Understand the risks and find out how you can intervene.

Lone workers face all of the same risks that other employees face, but there is also a heightened risk of harm because they face these risks alone. Here are 5 key components to ensure optimal and safe conditions for all employees.

Getting the wrong keyboard can cause serious health issues in the long term — here are a few things to consider when setting up your workstation.

Rain makes for dangerous driving conditions — here are a few tips to ensure your fleet is safe on slippery roads.

Hearing protection involves many variables, from preferences to the type of work your organization does. Here’s what you need to know for your team’s health and wellbeing.

As more employers begin creating return-to-work plans for their staff, here are some tips on workplace social distancing to help keep your employees safe and feeling comfortable at work.

Cannabis can remain in your system for anywhere from 1 to 30 days after last use and can be detectable in hair follicle drug testing for several months. That’s a wide range in the window of detection, and many things can affect the longevity of marijuana. Here are 6 factors that can influence how long cannabis stays in your system.

The ballooning drug use problem does not have to become a problem for your company. A drug-testing program can help you catch and mitigate potential risks and ensure your workers get the help they need.

Employees who are not drinking enough water risk dehydration, which can lead to serious illness. The dangers of inadequate hydration highlight the importance of keeping employees hydrated and healthy! In this article, we discuss the risks of dehydration at work, and also provide risk prevention methods for employers.

Rapidly changing laws and regulations make cannabis consumption an incredibly nuanced topic that employers often find challenging to navigate. In this article, we delve into cannabis metabolites, explaining how the body metabolizes cannabis, the testing methods used to detect cannabis impairment, and recent trends in cannabis impairment testing that many employers are shifting towards.

We’re committed to helping you and your employees live healthier, happier lives. That’s why we’re pleased to announce our strategic partnership with Highmark Interactive, an award-winning digital health company, that provides organizations with access to practical, upstream, evidence-based solutions to assess and improve employee mental wellness and brain health through its innovative EQ at Work Solution.

Making a well-rounded safety program for your company can reduce risk and increase driver protection. Implementing safety best practices should start from the hiring process. Here are some key elements to include in your fleet safety program.

Having a clearly defined game plan for reducing risk in safety-sensitive workplaces is critical for business growth, employee wellness, and for developing a safety culture rooted in excellence. In this article, we delve into some powerful strategies that work!

You’ve heard us say it before—at SureHire our clients are our business. As part of an initiative to better understand client needs, to support and enhance our client experience, and to stay on top of our business, we recently met with several clients to check in, listen, collect feedback, and conduct analysis. We spoke to a range of clients with differing years of business with us and gained some key insights on several topics. Find out what our clients are saying about us!

Takeaway: SureHire takes cybersecurity extremely seriously. Given the size of the recent RockYou2021 cyberattack, which saw 800+ million passwords leaked on the dark web, SureHire wants to help you protect your online accounts immediately. We also want to let you know more about the systems, technology, and important security protocols we’re implementing to protect our client […]

In this article, we take a deep dive into FTW testing, with pro tips and tricks to help maximize testing success. Find out how individuals can best prepare for fitness-to-work testing, including ways to increase fitness level at home. Delve into the various critical strength and mobility evaluations and explore common work-site and everyday equivalencies. Learn more about what participants can expect when they arrive at a SureHire facility for their FTW appointment.

PCR testing, Rapid testing, Antibodies vs. Antigens… how to determine which option to choose? There are a number of COVID-19 testing options out there. These COVID-19 Testing FAQs will help you make more informed decisions so you can mitigate risk and protect your workforce.

Having trouble finding qualified candidates? Bad hires can cost you — consider these 6 best practices to ensure you’re onboarding solid additions to your team.

Employers cannot initiate reasonable suspicion testing without first going through the 5-step process. Reasonable suspicion training provides critical information about how to initiate reasonable suspicion testing, including the 5-step process and other tools that employers can use to help manage the misuse of alcohol and drugs in the workplace.

We’ve all likely heard of the many adulteration methods for urine drug specimens but we seldom consider the possibilities when it comes to oral fluid tests…

Living with a chronic condition can be extremely hard on a worker, but companies can take actions to make things easier for employees and safer for everyone. Learn what you can do to accommodate chronic illness in the workplace. Read the full article.

When it comes to drug testing, there are a number of common myths out there to weed through—pun intended. In this article, Subject Matter Expert, Wayne St. John, debunks 5 common drug testing myths that continue to cause much confusion in the industry.

Managing a remote workforce? Us too! Distributed teams, co-working spaces, telecommuting, working from home, and flextime policies — chances are at least one, if not all, of the teams you will manage in your career will be working from a remote location and probably several remote locations. Here’s how to deal.

One of our Vancouver-based Temperature Screeners, Violet, lost her home and all of her belongings in a fire on February 14, 2021. Violet works at a KLTP site and Kiewit and their subcontractors created a GoFundMe page to help get her back on her feet, which SureHire has supported. The goal, $10,000. The story…

Every year, on average, vehicle collisions are responsible for 50 million injuries and 1.35 million fatalities. In fact, 41% of all fatal workplace injuries are caused by motor vehicle collisions.

Your drug and alcohol policy should be viewed as a component of your overall safety program. Having a well-documented policy provides a framework for dealing with the issues surrounding substance abuse and pre-existing medical conditions. So what makes a good policy?

Whether you are operating in Canada or in the U.S., as an employer, you have a legal responsibility to provide a safe environment for your workers. The important question for corporate decision-makers at this point becomes; DOT or Non-DOT testing?

Fitness-to-Work testing acts as a tool for employers to better understand their workforce’s physical capabilities and potential limitations. This creates opportunity for employers to act in a proactive manner to ensure…

The rising popularity of hair drug testing has seen a rise in the amount of “how to cheat your hair drug test” videos and online suggestions. Some of the methods include shaving all of the hair off, detox shampoos, and home remedies including substances like tar shampoo, laundry detergent, detox salts, and vinegar. Some people […]

No organization wants to experience productivity loss, high turnover, and greatly increased safety risks resulting from alcohol or drug use at work (or after work to the point that it affects work the next day). Delve into some of the most crucial facts and FAQs about Drug & Alcohol testing, including the types of testing that can be done to protect and strengthen our workforces and communities.

On October 17, 2019, pot-infused edibles, extracts and topicals were made legal nation-wide with the exception of a few provinces who chose to delay the legalization of these products until further testing could be done. A lack of inventory pushed back the selling of these items to January 6th. Now, these products are for purchase and have filled stores in what is being called…

Mobile testing brings the laboratory to your workplace, eliminating many of the issues related to sending your workers to an off-site lab. Whether you are considering mobile testing as an interim measure or as a permanent alternative to fixed-site or on-site testing, here are 6 advantages to consider and some disadvantages to be aware of.

Take a deep dive into the causes of workplace fatalities, including some of the most dangerous industries to work in across Canada, the types of injuries most often reported, and prevention measures employers should consider in order to maintain safe, healthy, and productive workforces and communities.

Imagine it’s a sunny Sunday afternoon. Your kids, family, romantic partner have left you alone with a list of things to accomplish before they return. It all seems a bit daunting, and the couch is just sitting there, basking in the sunshine, and it has your name written all over it. So, you decide to take a nap instead. Just as you are slipping off into dreamland, your phone rings. Startled, you wake up and…

Key Takeaway: Getting ready to hire for the holiday rush? Here are 5 things to consider before holiday hiring that will help you reduce risk and maximize success. While the Covid-19 pandemic has brought devastation to an unthinkable number of industries, this does not hold true to all. There are roughly 7.8 billion people in […]

Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is one of the most common work-related illnesses worldwide but can be prevented by effective workplace hearing conservation programs. Occupational hearing loss is a permanent, non-treatable condition, which leads to reduced quality of life when the person’s ability to communicate and socialize becomes impaired.