In September 2016, the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) issued a working paper and Draft Policy titled “Pre-Existing Conditions – Entitlement” for public consultation. Click HERE to review. The Office of the Employer Advisor (OEA) facilitated a working group to review and consider the WCB’s documents, meeting throughout the fall of 2016. In December, OEA collected comments, feedback […]
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Canadore College has a new program that is opening doors for aboriginal women in the trades. Read more
Working with the new federal government, the federal infrastructure program, prompt payment and quality of design documents appeared near the top of CCA’s priority list in 2016. Read more
The Gold Seal Certification program is expanding for 2017, adding the construction foreman designation amidst an overall modernization of the program. The addition of the foreman designation, effective this spring, will broaden the program’s application, with more job site supervisors at smaller firms and subcontractors becoming eligible, explained Gold Seal committee chair Kees Cusveller. Read more
The P.E.I. government has announced major changes to the way it provides employment services through non-governmental groups. Read more.
WorkSafeNB has learned that companies are contacting New Brunswick employers telling them they must retrain all staff on Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS). To convince employers to register for their course, the companies suggest the employers are not in compliance with provincial labour laws. Read more.
“If Canada is going to invest heavily in infrastructure, we must ensure we make equally strong investments in training talent that is going to build it.” Read more.
Nova Scotia’s non-residential building construction investment (seasonally adjusted) was $137.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2016. This was 3.6 per cent lower than the previous quarter owing to declines in all industrial (-9.5 per cent) and commercial (-4.4 per cent) construction, which were partially offset by growth in institutional and governmental building construction (+6.7 per cent). Read more.
The number of immigrants to Atlantic Canada has tripled since 2002, reaching a record 8,300 in 2015 and jumping to more than 11,600 in the first nine months of 2016, according to a Report Card issued today by the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council. Read more.