The province is offering a free health and safety webinar for farmers and agri-food workers.
The goal is to share information on how to better protect workers’ health and safety and prevent any future outbreaks of COVID-19.
“I know farmers and agri-food operators care deeply about their workers’ health and safety,” says Ernie Hardeman, Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs. “There’s an abundance of resources and information out there and these sessions will help each farmer and agri-food business in their ongoing efforts to improve their own workplaces to protect their workers.”
The 2021 growing season is already underway in some parts of the agri-food industry and temporary foreign agricultural workers have started to arrive in Ontario. This information session will help all farmers and operators enhance health and safety requirements and apply best practices in their operations.
“More than 1,000 workplace inspections in the last year have helped stop the spread of COVID-19 on farms,” says Labour Minister Monte McNaughton. “It is our job to protect the health and safety of agricultural workers – no matter their passport. These information sessions are another resource from our government to keep the hardworking people who are putting food on our tables safe.”
The first webinar is being held Friday, February 26th at 1:30pm, with a registration deadline of 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon. To sign up, email meaghan.martin@ontario.ca.