Category: Construction
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Quebec Draft Health & Safety Regulations
Quebec published draft amendments (français) to the Regulation respecting occupational health and safety/Règlement sur la santé et la sécurité du travail and the Safety Code for the construction industry/Code de sécurité pour les travaux de construction . . .
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Ontario Announces New Workplaces to Reopen & Resources
Ontario announced additional workplaces that can reopen beginning on May 16, 2020. Also, a new resource page includes sector-specific guidelines and posters to prevent COVID-19 in the workplace . . .
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Quebec COVID-19 Toolkit for Workplaces
The Quebec Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST) has published a COVID-19 toolkit for Quebec workplaces. The toolkit includes health and safety guides, checklists and posters to be used across sectors, as well as ones for specific sectors (i.e., manufacturing, construction, retail and mining . . .
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Ontario Announces Certain Businesses to Open May 4
Further to the publication of its framework for reopening the province earlier this week, the Ontario government announced that certain businesses may open on May 4, 2020 . . .
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Ontario Workplace Safety Guidelines re COVID-19
Ontario announced new workplace safety guidelines in response to COVID-19. The guidelines are sector-specific, covering: construction, transportation, utilities, health care, office, transit, police and fire services, mining forestry, retail, restaurants and food service, hospitality, maintenance, manufacturing, film/TV and agriculture . . .
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Quebec Announces Plan for Reopening Province
The Quebec government announced its plans to reopen the Quebec economy. The announcement also notes that those who can continue to work from home should continue to do so . . .
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CCOHS COVID-19 Guidance for Higher Risk & Essential Industries
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety has published a series of tip sheets for higher-risk and essential occupations and industries . . .
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Ontario Amends List of Essential Businesses
Ontario published Regulation 136/20 amending the the Order (Regulation 82/20) regarding the closure of non-essential services. The amendment adds another construction project to the list of essential businesses . . .
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Ontario Announces Additional Enforcement Measures & Extended Construction Hours
The Ontario government published a press release, which covers issues ranging from additional measures to make essential workplaces safer to extended hours for construction work on healthcare facilities . . .
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Ontario Reduces List of Essential Businesses & Adds Requirements
Ontario amended the Order (Regulation 82/20) regarding the closure of non-essential services. This includes a revised list of essential businesses that are permitted to continue operating during the COVID-19 pandemic, and additional compliance requirements for those businesses . . .
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