Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (March 2010) By: Jason Contant About one-third of executives responding to a recent poll say they are discouraged from hiring individuals with disabilities amid concerns over managing potential underperformance issues. The survey of 110 human resource senior executives from a cross-section of Ontario-based businesses was released in November. Thirty-six … Continue Reading
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Mike Vallee, an employer who operated a demolition and salvage business, was fined $25,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after one worker was killed and another was injured.
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Basecrete Inc., a Woodbridge concrete and drain construction company, was fined $50,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured. Westin Homes Ltd., a Bradford residential constructor, was fined $35,000 in relation to the same incident.
The new Ontario ‘Working at Heights’ legislation looks to be enacted around the June, 2014 timeframe in the Ontario ‘Construction’ regulation 213/91. There will be a 2 year grandfather grace period for compliance attached. (anyone after May 31, 2016 must have the new ‘Working at Heights’ standard which will include a 3 year renewal. That, in itself, is a big change as the original ‘Fall Protection’ record of training (ROT) was non-renewable.)