Dentons Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Law
Keeping you current on OHS Laws and Developments in Canada.
An adjudicator has held that the Occupational Health and Safety Act‘s “general duty” clause did not require an employer to […]
An employer’s post-accident efforts to fix a safety issue were relevant to the issue of whether it had violated the […]
With the recent expansion of legislation permitting the production, sale and use of marijuana for medical purposes, employers should begin […]
A hydro worker’s sexual harassment of a co-worker, including an offensive sexual joke, justified his dismissal, the Ontario Labour Relations […]
An employee who obtained a doctor’s note to justify his desire not to work overtime during a labour dispute, deserved […]
There is an old, and somewhat cynical saying, that no good deed goes unpunished. While I personally disagree with that […]
The mere fact that a lawyer prepared an investigation report does not make it privileged, a labour arbitrator has held, […]
The defence of “officially induced error” is rarely used successfully, but in a recent Highway Traffic Act case, it won […]
As one employer learned recently, smoke-free workplace legislation has teeth. According to a Nunavut government press release, a government safety […]
Don’t be seen to cause a traffic jam that inconveniences a government health and safety officer. Perhaps that is the […]
Both the RCMP and provincial health and safety officials have laid charges against an owner of a body shop in […]
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has ordered an employer to reinstate an apartment building “office administrative superintendent” who alleged that […]
