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MOL proposes modernizing first-aid requirements
Responsibility for the province’s first aid program is currently shared between the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. A new proposal would see the MOL assume sole control of the first-aid mandate.
Four appointed as CCOHS governors
Three of the appointees represent British Columbia, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon, while the fourth will serve as a governor representing employers. They have been appointed to four-year terms.
Testing, sick leave, enforcement needed to slow workplace spread in Ontario: experts
As Ontario struggles to beat back a dire wave of COVID-19, workplace spread has been singled out by public health experts, mayors and top health officials as a major source of infections.
Five COVID cases reported at East-West Tie project camp
All five are isolating. The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is working with Valard Construction to assess the exposure risk to other workers, and identifying and following up on any contacts outside of the site.
CCA reminds members to remain vigilant
‘The health, safety and well-being of our workers and the communities in which we operate has always been the top priority of the more than 20,000 member firms of CCA,’ says a statement issued by the association on January 13.