ECAO will be permanently moving offices in the Fall season. At that time we will give advance notice of our address change. Currently, we are residing in a temporary office […]
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Prompt Payment Ontario responds to claims of policy shift
March 31, 2015 – The Daily Commercial News’ article today about Prompt Payment Ontario (PPO) changing their position on the Construction Lien Act is inaccurate. The Lien Act is not […]
OGCA Supports CORTM –Summary Report
Recently the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) held a CORTM Open House and Ontario General Contractors Association (OGCA) Leadership Conference at the Center for Health and Safety Innovation in […]
ESA Seeking Consumer Advisory Council Members
ESA is seeking a number of representatives to sit on its Consumer Advisory Council (CAC). The Electrical Safety Authority’s mission is to improve electrical safety for the well-being of the […]
ECAO’s Own Eryl Roberts receives Cliff Bulmer Award
Yesterday, at the Council of Ontario Construction Association’s (COCA’s) Annual General Meeting, ECAO’s Executive Vice President, Eryl Roberts, was awarded the Cliff Bulmer Award. The Cliff Bulmer Award is presented […]
FTR Now: Ontario to Consult on Labour and Employment Reform
On February 17, 2015, the Ontario government announced the launch of public consultations to consider reforms to the Labour Relations Act, 1995 ("LRA") and the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA") […]
CONSTRUCTION LIEN ACT REVIEW ANNOUNCEMENT!
At long last the government has made an announcement on the promised Construction Lien Act review. A link to the announcement on the Ministry of the Attorney General’s website is […]
NTCCC FEDERAL PROMPT PAYMENT LEGISLATION
Members of the National Trade Contractors Coalition of Canada (NTCCC) met with Federal Conservative MPs and Senators in Ottawa in November 2014 to kick start a federal Prompt Payment initiative, […]
THE MASTER ELECTRICIAN EXAMINATION – ELECTRONIC FORMAT
The master electrician examination is now being offered in an electronic format and your results will be issued within 24 hours! The exam content has not changed, just the means […]
GROUND, A GROUNDED APPROACH TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
ECAO’s Occupation Health and Safety program (OH&S) has gone through re-branding of its program for ECAO members, now called GROUND. This program is FREE to ECAO Members. The OH&S (GROUND) […]