Report says Manitoba health-care workplaces get less safety enforcement

Two Manitoba health-care unions paid for a report on workplace safety. A union is a workers' group. The report is not final yet. It says hospitals and other health-care workplaces get fewer safety inspections and penalties than other workplaces. But health care had 2,827 injury claims in 2025 where workers missed work. That is more than any other industry counted. Only one health-care employer has been taken to court under safety rules since 2008. Injury claims from violence rose 41% since 2022. The report gives seven recommendations. The province says workers are already protected. It says it will consider them.