Employers Must Post MOL Safety Poster Now: MOL Enforcement Starts October 2012
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has released a safety poster that employers are now legally required, under the Occupational Health […]
Amendments to Safety Laws
Mandatory Supervisory Safety Training Coming to Ontario: MOL Releases Draft Workbook and Employer Guide for Consultation
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has previously stated that it intends to pass a regulation requiring employers to provide safety […]
MOL Releases OHSA-Reprisal Guidance for Workers and Employers
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has released a Fact Sheet that provides guidance to workers and employers on the safety-reprisal […]
Text Message “Dubious”: Harassment-Reprisal Complaint Dismissed
Basing a harassment-reprisal complaint on a text message is risky when one cannot prove that the text message was ever […]
Mandatory Worker Safety Training Materials, Safety Poster, Released by Ontario MOL for Consultation
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has announced that it intends to pass a regulation that will introduce a mandatory safety awareness […]
Ontario MOL Announces Safety “Improvements” – Including Safety Poster
On December 16th, the Ontario Ministry of Labour announced the following: The MOL said that it intends to propose a […]
Bill 168 Update: OLRB Will Not Hear Harassment-Reprisal Complaint Under OHSA
In previous posts, we reported that the Ontario Labour Relations Board had expressed doubt about whether it has jurisdiction to […]
Neglect of Bill 168 forms Basis for Reprisal Complaint
Arguing that his “termination would not have happened” had his employer complied with Bill 168 and thus addressed his harassment […]
Threats are “Violence” Post-Bill 168: Firing of Long-Term Employee Upheld
Workplace threats are now “violence” in Ontario and justify strong discipline, the decision of an Ontario arbitrator suggests. Bill 168 […]