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• Archive: Increase In Injured Worker Benefits -- It's About Fairness

  December 31, 2008 3:06 P.M.

  Ontario is helping workers who have been injured on the job by increasing their Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) benefits by two-and-a-half per cent as of January 1, 2...

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Festive Season Has Three Public Holidays Under Employment Standards Act, 2000

  December 15, 2008 3:13 P.M.

  Many employees will get three public holidays off this festive season with public holiday pay. Three of the nine public holidays under Ontario's

  Archived Backgrounder | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Protecting Temporary Help Agency Employees

  December 9, 2008 3:45 P.M.

  Ontario is taking action to ensure that temporary help agency employees are being treated fairly and have better opportunities to move to sustainable employment.

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Construction Industry To Benefit From New Legislation

  November 26, 2008 3:01 P.M.

  New legislation passed by the Ontario legislature today will make workers' compensation coverage mandatory for more individuals working in the construction industry.

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Ontario Protecting Health Care Workers

  November 3, 2008 2:53 P.M.

  Ontario is creating a new permanently funded team of specialists to help improve workplace safety of health care workers in Ontario.

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Construction Industry To Benefit From Stronger Safety Standards

  October 28, 2008 2:42 P.M.

  Ontario is today introducing legislation that, if passed, would make workers' compensation coverage mandatory for individuals working in the construction industry.

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Safety Blitz Targets Industrial Workplaces

  October 27, 2008 2:36 P.M.

  As part of Ontario's ongoing efforts to help reduce workplace injuries, inspectors will be "blitzing" industrial workplaces in November to help eliminate specific electrical hazards that could lead...

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Stronger Safety Standards For Construction Workers

  October 17, 2008 2:32 P.M.

  Ontario is planning to introduce legislation that would make workers' compensation coverage mandatory for individuals working in the construction industry who are currently not covered.

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: More Health Care Workers Protected

  October 1, 2008 2:25 P.M.

  Ontario is taking additional steps to protect health care workers by making the use of safety-engineered needles mandatory in long-term care homes, laboratories, specimen collection centres and psy...

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Workplace Violence Prevention: It Starts With You

  September 17, 2008 2:13 P.M.

  Ontario is seeking input to determine if current protections against workplace violence under the

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development