After a request from a nurses union, the Legault government said it s open to giving more ailments workplace-safety protections in its reform of the province’s occupational health and safety law.
Workers’ rights advocacy group denounces bill amending workplace safety law 18 January 2021 at 18 h 31 min Reading time: 1 min CTTAE coordinator Patrick Morin
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The Comité des travailleurs et a accidentés de l’Estrie (CTTAE) is one of several workers’ rights groups in Quebec demanding the provincial government withdraw its recently proposed Bill 59.
“What we’re asking François Legault and Jean Boulet is to pull out the bill and return to the drawing board because right now it isn’t worth it,” said CTTAE coordinator Patrick Morin.
Bill 59 is an act to reform and modernize the workplace safety law, which was created in 1979. Morin told The Record that with work-from-home becoming more accepted due to the pandemic, and with a continued rise in automation, the law needs to change.
Quebec’s labour minister is threatening on to impose more restrictions on the province’s construction and manufacturing sectors for allegedly flouting health orders.
Quebec threatens construction, manufacturing sectors with more COVID 19 restrictions January 18, 2021 by Jacob Serebrin and Sidhartha Banerjee
(CP) MONTREAL – Quebec’s labour minister on Friday threatened to impose more restrictions on the province’s construction and manufacturing sectors for allegedly flouting health orders.
Jean Boulet said in a statement he’s received many reports about non-compliance connected to the two sectors since the government imposed new restrictions Jan. 9. He did not, however, provide details about the number of problematic companies or the nature of the violations.
The new measures – in effect until at least Feb. 8 – require the two industries to limit operations to essential activities and to reduce the number of workers in factories and on construction sites. Most other businesses across Quebec deemed non-essential have been closed since December.
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