Dentons Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Law
Keeping you current on OHS Laws and Developments in Canada.
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has held that where an employer had complied with a Ministry of Labour inspector’s compliance […]
Ontario’s Divisional Court has decided that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act’s age cut-off for loss of earnings benefits for […]
Although an employer may appeal a Ministry of Labour inspector’s rescission (withdrawal) of a compliance order that he or she […]
The Alberta government has made revisions to Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Code and has invited the public to provide […]
The debate continues as to whether the Ontario Labour Relations Board has jurisdiction to hear harassment-reprisal complaints under the Occupational […]
Rarely are senior corporate officials jailed for health and safety offences in Canada. But recently, two company directors of an […]
An employee’s persistent mockery and intimidating conduct towards a supervisor warranted a 6-month suspension, an arbitrator has held. The employee’s […]
The total of safety fines paid for the December 24, 2009 swing stage collapse fatalities is now $1,240,000 after Swing […]
The Canada Industrial Relations Board has dismissed a safety-reprisal complaint where the employee, representing himself, missed deadlines and failed to […]
An Alberta employer has been sentenced to a fine of $80,000 plus the 15% victim fine surcharge following a workplace […]
An employer is facing a resurrected Ontario Labour Relations Board safety-reprisal hearing after the case was dismissed when the employee […]
Employers are increasingly taking a “zero tolerance” approach in which a minimum level of discipline – whether a suspension or […]
