A Concord-based construction company has been fined $130,000 after a worker was fatally injured at a road widening project in Vaughan, Ontario. …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Construction company fined $70,000 after worker critically injured on job in Fergus, Ont.
A St. Jacobs, Ont., construction company has been ordered to pay a $70,000 fine after a worker was struck by a vehicle …
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Diversity, Equity & InclusionFeaturedTraining & Development
Alberta spending $1.5 million to support Indigenous skilled trades training for residential construction
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberAlberta’s government will invest more than $1.5 million over three years to support an Indigenous-led program that trains students in skilled trades …
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Labour Relations
Construction unions IUOE and Carpenters’ Council partner to strengthen worker representation
The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 793, and the Carpenters’ Regional Council have signed a partnership agreement to enhance worker representation …
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FeaturedTraining & Development
NHC trains young Nunavummiut in skilled trades while building homes in Nunavut
By Kira Wronska Dorward | Nunavut News The Nunavut Housing Corporation is striving for 3,000 new homes by 2030, and there’s another key …
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FeaturedGlobal HR PracticesWorkplace Safety & OHS
Why Monday is the most dangerous day on a building site
By Milad Haghani, UNSW Sydney Australia’s construction industry employs more than 1.3 million workers. That’s about 9% of the workforce. But construction …
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FeaturedOpinion
Would a mandatory five-day working week solve construction’s work-life balance woes?
By Martin Loosemore, University of Technology Sydney and Suhair Alkilani Working practices in the construction industry have been labelled a relic of …
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Industry NewsTechnology in HR
Premier and Lumber team up to tackle workforce management in construction
Premier Construction Software announced a new partnership with workforce management platform Lumber on Tuesday, aiming to streamline payroll and HR processes for …
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FeaturedTraining & Development
Construction training: Quebec premier takes heat for paying students to ‘renovate their basement’
The Quebec government is facing criticism for a program that paid students to learn a construction skill — as less than half …
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Workplace Safety & OHS
WorkSafeBC issues nearly $170,000 fine to construction company, after tower crane hits high-voltage power lines in Coquitlam
By Patrick Penner | Tri-Cities Dispatch A construction company working on a Coquitlam development site was slapped with a $167,890 fine from WorkSafeBC, …