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Health and Safety Training for Small Businesses

A new provincial program aims to help keep employees safe at small businesses across Ontario.

Local MPP and Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton says the small business health and safety training program will cover the cost of course registration for staff appointed by their colleagues as a health and safety representative for their workplace. The program will also reimburse small businesses $150 towards the representative’s training time.

“As Ontario reopens, keeping workers safe will continue to be our top priority,” McNaughton says. “Small businesses have less resources to learn about health and safety than other businesses and we know they are facing a lot of financial pressures as a result of this pandemic. Our government is making sure they have the guidance and support they need.”

All small businesses that have six to 19 employees are required to have a health and safety representative and they can apply for the program.

The eLearning training course is offered through Workplace Safety and Prevention Services, a Health and Safety Association. The free training takes about six to eight hours for most people to complete, and covers a range of topics, including:

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