The manufacturing sector in Canada feature large workforces of manual laborers working in hostile/high-risk environments by default. To this end, PPEs such as high visibility clothing, body padding and harnesses, warning tape, noise-canceling headphones, and face masks are mandatory requirements for ensuring workplace safety and security.Lessons learned for the 2020 pandemic show that it only becomes even more crucial that PPEs are used and enforced properly across the manufacturing sector. With other industries having moved to either remote or “work from home” models as much as possible, core industries such as manufacturing simply cannot do without hands-on expertise due to the nature of the work required.This white paper will discuss:Who pays for PPE in CanadaLegal requirements to considerHow to leverage PPE the right way