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Manitoba construction workers at larger job sites will have guaranteed access to hot water for handwashing under a new workplace regulation announced by the provincial government. The change amends the… …
The Ontario government has proposed raising Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) income replacement benefits for the first time since 1998, increasing payouts to 90 per cent of a worker’s… …
Federal, provincial and territorial labour ministers met in Québec City on Friday and endorsed a plan to harmonize occupational health and safety training across Canada, with a focus on making… …
Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU) urged the country’s labour ministers Thursday to harmonize safety training standards across the construction industry, arguing that the current patchwork of provincial and territorial regimes… …
Saskatchewan’s Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Minister Ken Cheveldayoff has re-established an advisory committee to provide advice on labour relations, employment standards and workplace safety. The committee will draw membership… …
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has received the 2026 Indigenous Economic Reconciliation Award from NATIONS Translation Group, recognizing the Ontario agency’s role in expanding economic opportunities for Indigenous… …
The Workers Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island has formed a partnership with Wounded Warriors Canada to strengthen psychological health and safety supports for trauma-exposed workers in the province. Under… …
Hundseth Power Line Construction has been fined $70,000 after pleading guilty to a workplace safety violation connected to a serious worker injury in rural Saskatchewan. The company entered its guilty… …
Nearly all workplace safety leaders plan to maintain or increase their budgets over the next two years, even as a majority say a significant gap remains between safety policy and… …
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