The national jobs market continued its march toward a pre-pandemic recovery in August. Construction hiring was nearly flat, but the industry is already within 92 percent of its February employment level.

Apprentices and skilled tradespeople can now book their final exams at their local apprenticeship offices.

The organizations say too many smaller and medium-sized infrastructure projects are being cut as municipalities struggle to balance their books due to the COVID pandemic. This, in turn, could force many heavy-civil and road building contractors to lay off staff.

The awards pay tribute to those Ontario companies with fewer than 50 employees who have demonstrated strong leadership in the health and safety sector in the past year.

The institute will host its annual event over three days, and is calling for speakers to submit presentation ideas by September 2.