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The 2010 Edition of the Pocket Ontario OH&S Act & Regulations reflects all amendments gazetted up to January 9, 2010, the date of publication. The consolidated edition is designed to be appropriate for use in all Ontario firms and organizations in the industrial, manufacturing, health care and construction sectors, as well as in offices and certain other institutions covered by the OH&S Act.
NEW THIS YEAR- Violence and Harassment in the Workplace - Bill 168 (S.O. 2009, c. 23) amends the Occupational Health and Safety Act to require employers to create a workplace violence policy and program and a workplace harassment policy and program (comes into force June 15, 2010).
- Exposure Limits - O. Reg. 491/09 updates occupational exposure limits for 36 hazardous chemical substances in Reg. 833 and O. Reg. 490/09 consolidates 11 designated substance regulations into one (both come into force July 1, 2010).
- Construction - O. Reg. 443/09 amends O. Reg. 213/91 to allow stilts to be used in residential construction (in force January 1, 2010).
- Needle Safety - O. Reg. 439/09 amends O. Reg. 474/07, expanding the mandatory use of safety-engineered needles to additional workplaces, including doctors' and dentists' offices, community health centres, family health teams and independent health facilities and other workplaces where health-related services are provided (comes into force July 1, 2010).
- Updated list of OH&S Resources and Index.
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