Dentons Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Law
Keeping you current on OHS Laws and Developments in Canada.
An employer’s appeal challenging a departed employee’s workers’ compensation entitlements may proceed, despite being filed after the employer, union and […]
A safety officer’s compliance order has been suspended where the cost of compliance would be so high that it could […]
In an unusual case, a construction site superintendent has won entitlement to workers compensation benefits after persuading an appeals tribunal […]
Recently, an Ontario court dismissed Occupational Health and Safety Act charges against an employer where the injured worker’s unexpected and […]
A widely-reported fire at a Kingston construction site that required the evacuation of a crane operator by helicopter, has resulted […]
A 6’2′, 300-lb employee’s hostile, intimidating comment to a smaller co-worker in the company washroom was just cause for a […]
A maintenance electrician had “worked on” a stuck shipping door when he simply “inspected” it, even though he had not […]
Exceeding industry standards does not, on its own, protect employers from health and safety convictions or fines, a recent court […]
The Federal Court has held that a manager was not a “competent person” to conduct a workplace harassment investigation under […]
An employer has been ordered to pay aggravated damages – in addition to lost wages – after firing an employee […]
The Occupational Health and Safety Act may protect employees against retaliation for asserting their rights under that Act, but not […]
An employee need not physically assault a co-worker in order to be dismissed for workplace violence, an arbitrator’s decision shows. […]
