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HR templates for trades & construction companies

Offer letters, safety-sensitive drug & alcohol policies, incident reports, and return-to-work plans for general contractors, sub-trades, and skilled-trades operations.

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Employment offer letter

A jurisdiction-aware full-time employment offer letter. Fillable, exportable as PDF or DOCX, free.

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Drug & alcohol policy

A workplace drug and alcohol policy with the duty-to-accommodate language Canadian human-rights law requires, plus reasonable testing and reporting clauses.

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Workplace incident report

A workplace incident report capturing the facts of an injury, near-miss, or safety event. Designed to feed provincial workers'-comp / WSIB / WCB filings and OSHA recordkeeping.

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What's hard about HR in this industry

Safety-sensitive workplaces with elevated drug & alcohol policy requirements.
WSIB / WCB / workers' comp claims with strict reporting timelines.
Variable headcount across project lifecycles and jurisdictions.
Mix of unionized and non-unionized workforce on a single project.
Travel and per-diem arrangements for out-of-town work.

When you'd reach for these

Hiring a journeyperson or apprentice with safety-sensitive role designations.
Reporting a workplace incident within WSIB / WCB / OSHA timelines.
Building a return-to-work plan for a worker on a workers'-comp claim.
Demobilizing a project crew at end-of-job without triggering wrongful-dismissal exposure.

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Return-to-work plan

A return-to-work plan for an employee coming back from disability, injury, or extended medical leave. Covers accommodations, restrictions, gradual return, and review schedule.

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Workplace harassment & violence policy

A statutorily required harassment, violence, and discrimination policy with jurisdiction-specific reporting language and statutory references.

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Termination letter — without cause

A jurisdiction-aware without-cause termination letter that meets ESA / labour-standards minimums and preserves the employee's common-law rights.

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Expense reimbursement form

A signable expense reimbursement form covering business purpose, totals, attachments, and approval — designed to be filed alongside receipts.

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BYOD (bring your own device) policy

A bring-your-own-device policy covering enrollment, security baseline, what the company can and can't see, and what happens at termination.

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Bind these into a handbook

Pick the policies you need from the trades & construction list above and bind them into a single PDF or DOCX with a cover, table of contents, and page numbers.

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