“Trend to more small workplaces and fewer large ones” affecting Ontario’s safety strategy
After stating that “many workers continue to be unaware of their workplace rights and responsibilities”, Ontario’s Chief Prevention Officer, George […]
Amendments to Safety Laws
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 […]
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 […]