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Develop your COVID-19 workplace safety plan
Develop your COVID-19 workplace safety plan

Learn how you can create a plan to help protect your workers and others from novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Insurance companies want a say in barn design
Insurance companies want a say in barn design

In the face of more barn fires and higher losses, insurance companies want a role in how new barns are designed. (published in Ontario Farmer)

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Gym on the Farm
Gym on the Farm

Even before COVID-19 forced governments to shut down various local businesses to prevent the disease from spreading, Stuart Chutter found it difficult to visit a gym on a regular basis to get the workout he wanted.

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Skills Ontario - Summer Camps
Skills Ontario - Summer Camps

Skills Ontario is offering virtual Summer Camps in 2020, encouraging youth across Ontario to explore the skilled trades and technologies

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Key infection control guidelines for your job site
Key infection control guidelines for your job site

It’s not exactly business as usual as construction sites open back up across the country. Without a vaccine or herd immunity, there’s still a risk of spreading the COVID-19 virus, so any business – including a construction site – that is reopening needs a plan for infection control.

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National Frame Builders Association magazine - June 2020
National Frame Builders Association magazine - June 2020

NFBA's Official Magazine: National FRAME

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Risks in the Construction Industry and How to Protect Yourself Against Them
Risks in the Construction Industry and How to Protect Yourself Against Them

Every construction project comes with its own set of risks – from fire and water damage to equipment theft, slips and falls, cyber-attacks and even infection control.
These risks not only vary in size and complexity but can also evolve over the course of a project. That’s why having proper worksite policies and procedures is so critical to avoiding hazards and potential accidents.

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How contractors can adapt to a post-COVID-19 world
How contractors can adapt to a post-COVID-19 world

With the world shifting to a new state of risk awareness, construction companies will need a rapid recovery strategy to become more resilient in the post-COVID world.

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What's New - Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development newsletter JUNE 2020
What's New - Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development newsletter JUNE 2020

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Professional Engineers Ontario: New President and governing Council
Professional Engineers Ontario: New President and governing Council

Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), the licensing and regulating body for professional engineers and engineering in the province, installed Marisa Sterling, P.Eng., FEC, as its 101st president and eighth woman to lead its Council during its virtual annual general meeting (AGM) on May 30.

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Skills Ontario hosts 2020 Virtual Skills Ontario Contests, provides students with opportunities to compete in skilled trade and tech fields
Skills Ontario hosts 2020 Virtual Skills Ontario Contests, provides students with opportunities to compete in skilled trade and tech fields

Skills Ontario is pleased to host the 2020 Virtual Skills Ontario Contests, an online initiative for secondary students to test their skills in their chosen skilled trade or technology field. With contests in culinary arts, mechanical CAD, coding, welding, fashion design, and more, the Virtual Skills Ontario Contests offer secondary students a chance to virtually participate in a similar manner to the Skills Ontario Competition.

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Planning for Recovery
Planning for Recovery

As return-to-work plans start to take shape for businesses of all sizes, it’s important to keep operations and cash flow management, the ability to leverage government grants and incentives, and business contingency planning top of mind as you navigate this return.

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Prompt Payment Ontario’s Ontario Construction Act Trade Contractors Guide
Prompt Payment Ontario’s Ontario Construction Act Trade Contractors Guide

Ontario’s new Construction Act (the “Act”) replaces the former Construction Lien Act (the “CLA”) which has been in effect since 1983. The Act contains the most sweeping set of reforms governing construction payment obligations that the industry has seen in more than a generation.

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June 2020 Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skills Development
June 2020 Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skills Development

Report for the Labour Management Network. Ontario injury and fatality statistics in Construction.

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GUIDE TO DEALING WITH ONEROUS CONTRACT CONDITIONS
GUIDE TO DEALING WITH ONEROUS CONTRACT CONDITIONS

The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) has updated its Guide to dealing with onerous contract conditions for their partner associations.

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Former CCA Chair speaks about considerations for the construction industry in the post COVID-19 world
Former CCA Chair speaks about considerations for the construction industry in the post COVID-19 world

It has now been more than two months since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. Since then, our country, along with the rest of the world, has been forced to make changes to the way we operate both in business and in our personal lives.

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2 Minute News - June 2020
2 Minute News - June 2020

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Work Reduction or Temporary Layoff  During “COVID-19 Period”  Not Termination
Work Reduction or Temporary Layoff During “COVID-19 Period” Not Termination

Sherrard Kuzz LLP - Briefing Note: On May 29, 2020, the Government of Ontario introduced a regulation under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) that provides relief to any employer that temporarily laid off a non-union employee or reduced non-union employee wages and/or hours due to COVID-19. The regulation largely exempts any such layoff or reduction from being deemed a termination of employment, so that there is no obligation to provide ESA notice and severance.

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Cannabis Facilities and the Ontario Building Code - RSM Building Consultants
Cannabis Facilities and the Ontario Building Code - RSM Building Consultants

RSM Building Consultants hosted a webinar on cannabis facility requirements mandated by the Ontario Building Code. To view / listen to the webinar recording

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Better Farming June - July 2020
Better Farming June - July 2020

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Construction Adjudication Under Ontario's Construction Act: Link to YouTube for Webinar held May 22nd 2020
Construction Adjudication Under Ontario's Construction Act: Link to YouTube for Webinar held May 22nd 2020

Ontario Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts (“ODACC”) is responsible for administering construction-related adjudications. Adjudication and prompt payment provisions of the Construction Act came into force on October 1, 2019. Certain disputes can now be referred to adjudication, including:

• the valuation of services or materials;
• payments under a contract;
• notices of non-payment;
• holdbacks; and
• any other matter that the parties to the adjudication agree to.

YouTube link to May 22nd 2020 webinar. Commentary covers the following issues and topics:

- What is adjudication?
- How much does adjudication cost?
- How to commence an adjudication.
- How to select an adjudicator.
- What are the benefits of adjudication?
- How to become an adjudicator.

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WEBINAR: Assessing Your Organization's Readiness to Return-to-Work
WEBINAR: Assessing Your Organization's Readiness to Return-to-Work

As federal and provincial governments begin to re-open the economy amid COVID-19 recovery, organizations of all industries and sizes are determining their return-to-work strategies and plans. While every organization is different, there are fundamental questions that should be answered as part of your return-to-work plans.
This presentation will provide some insight to help guide organizational leaders in the development of return-to-work programs. The focus – assisting organizations with answering the critical questions of:
Can You? – Answering are you allowed to return to work.
Should You? – Making the decision to return to work.
How Do You? – Operationalizing how to return to work.

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COVID-19 RETURN TO WORK CONSIDERATIONS
COVID-19 RETURN TO WORK CONSIDERATIONS

As government orders are lifted, employers will enter uncharted territory. Sherrard Kuzz LLP has a deep understanding of the pandemic’s impact on businesses and industries, and how to work through the related workplace issues. To help you get started, they have developed the following complimentary Return To Work considerations.

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Ontario Helps People Impacted by COVID-19 Get Back to Work
Ontario Helps People Impacted by COVID-19 Get Back to Work

New Programs Focus on Hospitality Workers and APPRENTICES

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Steel Building Systems - complimentary Webinar
Steel Building Systems - complimentary Webinar

The CSSBI created this presentation to outline some of the unique qualities of a steel building system in order to demonstrate its benefits to architects, engineers, contractors and building owners.

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