Dentons Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Law
Keeping you current on OHS Laws and Developments in Canada.
An employer’s post-accident efforts to fix a safety issue were relevant to the issue of whether it had violated the […]
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 […]
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has ordered an employer to reinstate an apartment building “office administrative superintendent” who alleged that […]
An employee’s mental disability, unknown to his employer at the time of dismissal, played no role in the reason he […]
The question often arises as to whether occupational health and safety legislation in an employee’s home province protects him or […]
A snowplow driver’s bad driving record, not his workplace violence complaint, was the reason for his dismissal, the Ontario Labour […]
