Construction Sector Psychosocial Survey 2024

* 1. This is a survey of the psychosocial factors in your workplace. It is based on the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ), and has been customized to address concerns particular to the Ontario workplace context. The Mental Injury Tool Group is responsible for its development and more information is available at http://www.ohcow.on.ca/mental‐injury‐toolkit.html.

This survey is designed to identify psychosocial factors at work which are associated with symptoms. The purpose is to identify factors which could be addressed to improve the psychosocial work climate at workplaces.

This survey is being conducted by the Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW). OHCOW is a non‐government, not‐for‐profit organization that operates seven occupational health clinics throughout Ontario. The goal of OHCOW is to protect and improve the health of working people by providing clinical and prevention services including research. We take part in and share research with policy‐makers, workers and workplaces, clinicians, health & safety professionals and the general public. OHCOW operates with support from the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MOL); however we have a separate Board of Directors which is accountable to the MOL for funding. More information about OHCOW is available on our website (www.ohcow.on.ca)

Voluntary Participation
You are under no obligation to participate in the survey. Any information you give today will be strictly confidential. It will not be given to others, including the MOL, the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board of Ontario or anyone in your workplace. We will never identify you in any way in any presentations or publications that result from this project.

Risks
There are no known significant risks from participating in this survey. You can refuse to answer any question in the survey. We will keep all information you provide strictly confidential.

Benefits
You may not receive any benefit from your participation in this survey. Information learned from this survey, however, will assist help us to better understand and address stress in the workplace.

Confidentiality and Privacy
All the information collected through this survey is confidential and will be viewed only by the researchers directly involved in this project (which may include people not employed by OHCOW). No information that could be used to identify you will be kept by the research team.

The Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers is working with various unions, labour support organizations and academics to analyze trends across the province and understand the dynamics of the workplace psychosocial environment. Your participation by completing this questionnaire will assist all these people and organizations in this effort to improve the psychosocial climate in Ontario workplaces.

Your participation in this survey implies that you have consented to the use of your survey responses in group reports, academic research and publications. All reports or publications derived from the survey responses will be presented in format which ensures that the identity of any individual respondent is not revealed and kept confidential.


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