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  • Ontario's New Construction Act: A Guide for...

    25/06/2020
    With the second phase of amendments having come into force on October 1, 2019, it is critical for...

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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...

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  • Updated COVID-19 Resource Document: "What You...

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

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  • Government of Ontario PPE Supplier Database

    15/05/2020
    Please be advised that the Government of Ontario has put together a PPE supplier directory that may...

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  • Premier Ford's Announcement

    14/05/2020
    Today Premier Ford announced additional workplaces can re-open. Included in this is all of...

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  • Answers to FAQ's for Employers Relating to...

    13/05/2020
    As the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread around the globe, employers need to...

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  • New Joint Health and Safety Committee ...

    06/05/2020
    In 2019, the Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development (MLTSD) announced that Joint...

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  • Province Announces the Reopening of Earthworks...

    01/05/2020
    On May 1, the government announced that it is allowing select workplaces to reopen including "site...

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  • A Framework for Reopening our Province

    29/04/2020
    On April 27th, the Government of Ontario published A Framework for Reopening our Province. The...

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  • IHSA Safety Resources and News

    29/04/2020
    Including are links to the latest safety resources and news developed by the Infrastructure Health...

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  • Occupations Health and Safety and Workers...

    15/04/2020
    In response to growing OHS concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic, the following is a general review...

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  • Construction Act to be Exempt from Emergency...

    10/04/2020
    On Thursday evening, the Ontario government announced that it is revising one element of the...

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  • Legal Review of Essential Workplaces List - What...

    05/04/2020
    Following on the government release of the updated Essential Workplaces List on Friday, April 3rd,...

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  • UPDATED - Province Removes Workplaces from...

    03/04/2020
    The Government of Ontario reduced the size of its essential workplaces list by almost 50% today;...

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  • Government Support Programs for COVID19 –...

    03/04/2020
    The following is a resource guide for construction employers, regarding government programs and...

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  • Ministry of Labour Publishes Construction Health...

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

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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...

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  • Appeal to OSWCA Members to Donate Excess...

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

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  • Local 793 - Safety Protocol for Jobsite Measures...

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

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  • Essential Workplace List During COVID19 Economic...

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

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  • (UPDATED) COVID19 - Best Management Practices...

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

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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...

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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...

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  • Excess Soils Management PowerPoint

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

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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...

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  • New Excess Soils Regulations

    04/03/2020

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  • REMINDER – New Rules Governing Construction...

    19/02/2020
    This is a reminder that the new rules governing construction liens, holdback, prompt payment,...

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  • CCA's Position on Community Benefits - NAC...

    19/02/2020

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  • Build Force 2020 Employment Messaging

    19/02/2020
    Hello members,Attached in the links below for your information is the Build Force Construction and...

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  • New Rules Governing Excess Soil

    19/12/2019
    After a number of years in development, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP)...

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  • WierFoulds Construction Act Presentation

    05/12/2019
    Prompt Payment and Adjudication –the New Construction Act Presentation for GTSWCA (November 12,...

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  • Supporting Ontario’s Safe Employers: OHSMS...

    28/11/2019
    On November 22, 2019, the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development announced its...

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  • New Process for Registering Late Locates

    30/10/2019
    The www.latelocates.ca website has been shut down, following its recent blacklisting by Ontario One...

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  • Ontario’s New Construction Act Breakfast Seminar

    21/10/2019
    The second, and final, phase of amendments forming the Construction Act took effect on October 1,...

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  • Upcoming Changes Coming to WSIB – 2020 Rates...

    04/10/2019
    By now you should have received a letter via regular mail from the WSIB advising you of your...

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  • What You Need To Know About Ontario’s New...

    01/10/2019
    With the second phase of amendments coming into force October 1, 2019, the GTSWCA has had a...

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  • WSIB Premium Rates for 2020

    26/09/2019
    The WSIB announced that the average premium rate for the new rate class of Infrastructure...

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  • New WSIB Rate Framework - Breakfast Seminar

    06/09/2019
    The GTSWCA will be hosting a Breakfast Seminar on Tuesday, October 8 on the new WSIB Rate Framework...

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  • CCA Carbon Tax Update

    14/08/2019
    The OSWCA has been diligently pursuing the CCA to obtain a legal opinion on the federal carbon...

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  • 2020 OSWCA CONFERENCE

    04/08/2019
    Mark your calendars... The 2020 OSWCA conference will take place at Blue Mountain Resort from...

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