Employee Resources

Information for Workers on the Waasigan Line

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Employee Handbooks

Comprehensive reference guides for employees. 

Project Specific Employee Information Guide

This 24-page guide was developed to help people prepare to come to the Waasigan Tranmission Line Project for the first time.

Sections of the guide include:

  • Working on the project
  • Preparing and packing
  • Camp Life
  • Safety on site
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Valard Employee Handbook

This 70-page comprehensive guide is provided to all Valard employees.

Sections of the guide include:

  • Core Safety Policies
  • Core Human Resources Policies
  • Payroll, benefits, and incentives
  • Recruitment & selection
  • Employee development
  • Dispute resolution, discipline, and termination
  • Leaves of absence
  • Travel and accommodation practices
  • Information technology (IT)
  • Community Partnerships
Open PDF Guide
HR Documents

Quick guides on important HR topics.

Employee Accomodation Programs

Medication-Assisted Treatment Accomodation Program (MATA)

MATA accommodates the employment of individuals engaged in maintenance treatment programs for opioid addiction in safety-sensitive positions.
Valard understands that meaningful and gainful employment can provide a healthy and structured environment to aid in addiction recovery. We look forward to providing this opportunity on our projects.

The MATA program is designed to provide employment opportunities for an individual who has been cleared to work in a safety-sensitive position with Valard while maintaining their confidentiality and continuing their treatment.

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Local Resources

AA & NA meetings on project route

On-site Mental Health First Aid

Union EAP
Union Contacts

Apprenticeship

  • Confirming Terms or Apprenticeships
  • Questions Regarding Apprenticeships
Email Apprenticeship

Membership

  • Dues related questions
  • Withdrawn or reinstated member questions
  • Change in union designation

  • Issues with accessing the website that you cannot resolve

Email Membership

Security Clearance

  • Information regarding Security Clearances (if member has clearance, member is looking to get clearance, any updates on clearance)
Email Security Clearance

Dispatch

  • Questions regarding dispatch or registration on dispatch lists                                                                                              
Email Dispatch
Land Acknowledgement

The Waasigan Transmission Line Project is located in the traditional territories of the Anishinaabe people of Treaty #3 and Robinson-Superior First Nations, whose presence reaches back to time immemorial. The Project also traverses the Northwestern Ontario Métis Community and Northern Lake Superior Métis Community.

Valard understands that our success is intertwined with the well-being and prosperity of Indigenous Peoples. We have built electrical infrastructure projects in, and around, Indigenous Communities for decades and are dedicated to building trusting, equitable, and lasting partnerships. We continue to promote cultural understanding, support Indigenous businesses, and work side-by-side with our Indigenous partners to ensure lasting benefits are realized.