Excessive Hours of Work Could be Safety Issue: OLRB
Working excessive hours could pose a safety issue, the Ontario Labour Relations Board has held in refusing to dismiss a […]
Working excessive hours could pose a safety issue, the Ontario Labour Relations Board has held in refusing to dismiss a […]
An Ontario judge has imposed a $1,050,000 fine against Vale Canada Limited, the highest fine ever imposed under the Ontario […]
Occupational Health and Safety Act charges could proceed against an insolvent company even though it had obtained protection from its […]
An employee who was fired for fighting after being harassed, did not prove that his harassment or depression caused him […]
A $200,000.00 fine was “manifestly unfit”, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled, in raising Metron Construction’s fine to $750,000 […]
An employee’s motor scooter accident in her employer’s parking lot was a Workplace Safety and Insurance Board issue, so the […]
A supervisor’s e-mails to an employee were not harassing, an arbitrator has held, noting the employee’s friendly tone – “great […]
An employee did not have a right under occupational health and safety legislation to refuse work due to harassment, a […]
An Ontario court has handed down near-the-top-of-the-range fines in an industrial accident that resulted in non-fatal injuries. Fines of that […]
Dangerous workplaces require particularly careful training and supervision, a judge has stated in convicting a propane company. The judge found […]
A crane rental company has been convicted of charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and fined, after criminal […]
An arbitrator has upheld the dismissal of a city “traffic operations” employee for threatening statements, a racist comment and one […]