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  • Late Locates Survey

    27/05/2020
    As part of our efforts to try to address the late locates in the province, we have formed a coalition with the...

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  • Updated COVID-19 Resource Document: "What You Need to Know”

    21/05/2020
    The following document is a resource guide for construction employers, regarding programs and initiatives launched in...

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  • Ministry of Labour Publishes Construction Health and Safety Guideline for COVID19

    30/03/2020
    On March 29, the Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skills Development (MOLTSD) published its construction site health...

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  • GTSWCA Legal Opinion on IUOE 793 Safety Protocol

    27/03/2020
    Many of you received a notice yesterday from IUOE Local 793 that included the union's proposed Safety Protocol for site...

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  • Appeal to OSWCA Members to Donate Excess Personal Protective Equipment

    26/03/2020
    As you all well know and are likely experiencing, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is in dangerously limited supply...

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  • Local 793 - Safety Protocol for Jobsite Measures to Protect Against COVID-19

    26/03/2020
    For those of you who are signatory to the IUOE Local 793, you have likely received the attached notice today along with...

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  • Essential Workplace List During COVID19 Economic Shutdown

    24/03/2020
    On Monday, March 23, the Government of Ontario ordered the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces in the...

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  • (UPDATED) COVID19 - Best Management Practices Guidelines for Construction

    23/03/2020
    This attached document has been approved for circulation by the respective Co-chairs of the Provincial Labour...

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  • COVID-19 Best Management Practices

    19/03/2020
    This document is a collection of resources, best practices and information links designed to help construction...

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  • Update on COVID-19

    17/03/2020
    The COVID-19 situation is rapidly evolving. This morning at 8:30 am, Premier Ford announced a State of Emergency in...

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  • Excess Soils Management PowerPoint

    09/03/2020
    To prepare contractors for the new regulations governing excess soils management, an overview PowerPoint presentation...

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  • Employer OH&S Responsibilities Around Coronavirus

    05/03/2020
    With the news around the rapid spread of coronavirus, the Office of the Employer Advisory at the WSIB has reached out...

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