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• Archive: Ontario Funds Innovative Projects to Improve Occupational Health and Safety

  July 6, 2016 9:30 A.M.

  Ontario is providing $4.38 million to support projects that will improve occupational health and safety for workers across the province. Investing in innovative approaches to health and safety will...

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Ontario Protects Employees' Tips and Gratuities

  June 9, 2016 9:30 A.M.

  Starting tomorrow, Ontario is making it illegal for employers to take employees' tips and other gratuities, except in limited circumstances.

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Ontario Preventing Falls Hazards at Workplaces

  June 3, 2016 11:00 A.M.

  Ontario will target hazards that can lead to falls during a safety blitz at workplaces across the province from May 16 to July 15, 2016. 

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Ontario Taking Action to Protect Young Workers

  May 27, 2016 9:30 A.M.

  As young people across Ontario start looking for summer jobs, Ontario is launching several initiatives to protect young workers in seasonal, part-time or temporary employment.

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Ontario Recovers Thousands of Dollars Owed to Interns

  April 29, 2016 9:00 A.M.

  Recently Ontario recovered nearly $140,000 in wages owed to interns at workplaces across the province.

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Ontario Receives Public Input on the Gender Wage Gap Strategy

  April 19, 2016 10:00 A.M.

  The province has received thousands of ideas from Ontarians throughout the province about how to address the gender wage gap in Ontario after 18 weeks of engaging with the public in-person, online,...

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Ontario Helping Employers Meet Health and Safety Requirements

  April 13, 2016 4:00 P.M.

  The Ministry of Labour has created a simple and easy to understand

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Ontario Launching More Than 20 Workplace Blitzes to Enhance Workplace Safety

  April 12, 2016 9:40 A.M.

  Ontario will help protect workers on the job by launching more than 20 targeted blitzes at workplaces across the province over the next year.

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Ontario Passes Legislation to Support First Responders with PTSD

  April 5, 2016 11:55 A.M.

  Today Ontario passed legislation that will create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosed in first responders is work-related.

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Archive: Ontario to Introduce Legislation to Support First Responders with PTSD

  February 18, 2016 1:00 P.M.

  Today Ontario intends to introduce legislation that would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosed in first responders is work-related, leading to faster acces...

  Archived News Release | Labour, Training and Skills Development