Ontario Keeping Workers Safe As Province Reopens
Free health and safety training now
available for small businesses
Quick Facts
- To register for the free training, eligible small businesses must access the course through Workplace Safety and Prevention Services’ website. Once training is complete, small business applicants should retain a copy of the certificate of completion as proof for their refund of the $25 registration fee and the $150 toward the cost of worker training time.
- Small businesses can apply for reimbursement through the Small Business Health and Safety Training Program starting in Fall 2021. More details will be available soon on Workplace Safety and Prevention Services’ website.
- Selected by workers, a health and safety representative’s duties include inspecting the workplace on a regular basis, identifying possible hazards, making recommendations for improvements and making health and safety resources available to those in the workplace.
- In Ontario, about 130,000 small businesses require a health and safety representative.
- Workplaces with 20 or more workers are required to have a joint health and safety committee.
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