Dentons Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Law
Keeping you current on OHS Laws and Developments in Canada.
The clock is ticking. All Ontario employers must provide their workers and supervisors with “basic occupational health and safety awareness […]
The death of one of its subcontractor’s employees has resulted in a $100,000 fine to a real estate project management […]
An inspector’s alleged statement that, “our branch is different up here. I know in southern Ontario they fine, fine, fine. […]
A provision in a harassment program allowing for a preliminary assessment of complaints, rather than an investigation, and for early […]
I recently wrote about the cost of failing to report accidents or occupational disease claims to the Ministry of Labour. […]
May an employee, unhappy with how he or she was treated after filing a harassment complaint with the employer, turn […]
Police have laid criminal negligence charges against an engineer in relation to the Elliot Lake mall collapse in June 2012. The […]
In a bizarre case, a backhoe operator has been convicted of assault under the Criminal Code after he tried, in […]
An employer’s corrective action taken after an accident did not entitle it to a reduced fine under the Occupational Health […]
In what is still a relatively rare occurrence, an Ontario supervisor has been sent to jail for violating the Occupational […]
A worker who delayed reporting an alleged workplace accident has claimed that his employer discouraged employees from reporting, but the Ontario […]
Employers have the power to set terms of reference for the administration and operation of joint health and safety committees, […]
