Fraud conviction for worker who collected workers’ compensation benefits after returning to job
A Saskatchewan labourer has pleaded guilty to fraud after having been caught collecting workers compensation benefits following his return to […]
Adrian Miedema
Full bioOHSA charges dismissed against tourist resort in boating fatality
An Ontario court has dismissed two charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act against a tourist resort after the Ministry […]
Worker’s fainting at sight of his own blood was “work-related”: U.S. OSHA
We all know people who get light-headed at the sight of blood. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) […]
HRTO settlement did not bar employment standards and OHSA complaints relating to time period after settlement
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has held that Minutes of Settlement signed in the settlement of an application at the […]
Employer ordered to reinstate labourer fired day after complaining about knee pain, safety issue
An employee has won a reinstatement order under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after the Ontario Labour Relations Board held that […]
Employee required to produce his medical file to employer in accommodation grievance
After an employee’s union grieved that the employer had failed to return him to work “notwithstanding that he has provided […]
When public perception and the law differ: man fired for heckling TV reporter at soccer game is rehired after arbitration process
Just because members of the public call for the firing of an employee for yelling sexual taunts at a TV […]
OHSA duties did not require employer to issue public response to “smear campaign” against non-racialized jail employees: adjudicator
An adjudicator has held that the Occupational Health and Safety Act‘s “general duty” clause did not require an employer to […]
Post-accident remedial measures were a “small bit of common-sense engineering”, relevant evidence in finding company guilty of OHSA offences
An employer’s post-accident efforts to fix a safety issue were relevant to the issue of whether it had violated the […]
Sexual joke was “worse than the usual sexual humour of the workplace”: hydro employee was fired for cause
A hydro worker’s sexual harassment of a co-worker, including an offensive sexual joke, justified his dismissal, the Ontario Labour Relations […]
Doctor’s note prescribing “no overtime” was obtained due to labour tensions, not employee’s health: three-day suspension imposed
An employee who obtained a doctor’s note to justify his desire not to work overtime during a labour dispute, deserved […]
Alcoholic employee reinstated after employer’s compassionate approach put in question seriousness of previous warnings
There is an old, and somewhat cynical saying, that no good deed goes unpunished. While I personally disagree with that […]