ON: Province set to employ largest number of labour inspectors in its history

The Ontario government is planning to increase its team of frontline health and safety inspectors by 98  to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The new inspectors will play a key role in protecting workers by checking and enforcing that workplaces are following occupational health and safety legislation. The will have broad powers to:

• inspect any workplace and ensure they have COVID-19 protections in place;
• investigate any potentially hazardous situation, critical injury, fatality and work refusal;
• order compliance with the legislation;
• stop unsafe work from being performed; and
• recommend and initiate prosecutions.

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