Canada Goose’s new Canadian headquarters played host recently to the Honourable Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. The Minister was invited to the 100 Queen’s Quay E. building to get a behind-the-scenes look at Canada’s Goose head office, currently under construction, as part of a project headed by Vestacon Ltd., a venerable construction management and general contracting company. “It is an honour to have the Minister of Labour...
On May 9, Canada Goose’s new Canadian headquarters played host to the Honourable Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. The Minister was invited to the 100 Queen’s Quay E. building to get a sneak peak at Canada’s Goose head office, currently under construction, as part of a project headed by Vestacon Ltd., a venerable construction management and general contracting company. “It is an honour to have the Minister of Labour, Immigration...
Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MOLTSD) officials have launched a province-wide campaign , targeting “falls from heights” in single home residential and “struck by equipment” hazards across all sectors of construction. The year-long initiatives are intended to raise awareness of workplace hazards and promote compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and its regulations. Workers on residential construction projects must take...
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is providing smaller businesses with up to 99 full-time employees more time to take advantage of added incentives to make their workplaces safer, while boosting their bottom line. The benefits for smaller businesses through the WSIB’s Health and safety Excellence program, first announced in June 2022, are now available through 2023, meaning businesses can: earn double the rebates in both 2022 and 2023 receive $1,000 towards their...
Workplace health and safety is all about managing risks to protect your workers, your business, and your brand. Excellence in health and safety management is characterised by a strong safety culture that relies on leadership involving your managers, workers, suppliers, contractors, and customers. Behaviours that promote equality, diversity, and inclusion in achieving health and safety goals, are not easy but are an essential element of success. When words and actions are not aligned, they will...
Monkeypox is now active and spreading in Canada, with 26 confirmed cases according to the most recent data from the Public Health Agency of Canada. Most of the cases are centred in Quebec, which is reporting 25 cases, but Ontario has one confirmed case as well. The World Health Organization’s top expert on monkeypox, Rosamund Lewis, said this new health threat is unlikely to become a pandemic but remains a global concern as there are many unknown details about it, particularly how it...
Angela Gismondi May 2, 2022 Connected. Supported. Safe. That is the theme of Construction Safety Week 2022 which will be marked May 2 to 6. “It’s appropriate given we’ve been disconnected through the pandemic and now we need to be better connected and supporting each other to keep each other safe,” said Craig Lesurf, president of Gillam Group, who is also chair of the League of Champions and the Ontario General Contractors Association safety committee. “We have always...
Norm Keith – Daily Commercial News The Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development (MLTSD) passed another set of changes to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) law in Ontario. The legal changes place a higher regulatory burden and enforcement risk on employers while potentially undermining trust and co-operation at projects. Information gathered by employer’s safety representatives and committees may now be “brown enveloped” to MLTSD investigators and used against...
Inspectors See Increase in Compliance with COVID-19 Safety Requirements March 17, 2021 Labour, Training and Skills Development TORONTO – The Ontario government is seeing a greater number of small businesses complying with COVID-19 safety requirements. During follow-up visits for educational workplace safety campaigns, provincial offences officers found that approximately 73 per cent of businesses were in compliance with public health measures and compliance increased by 20 per...
New employees will support business inspection blitz during COVID-19 March 3, 2021 Labour, Training and Skills Development TORONTO — The Ontario government has hired over 100 new occupational health and safety inspectors to support business inspection campaigns, and help ensure employees, businesses and the public are protected. The new inspectors have begun a condensed training program, and will begin making field visits, with a mentor, within five weeks of their start date...