Dentons Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Law
Keeping you current on OHS Laws and Developments in Canada.
An employee at an isolated camp in the Northwest Territories who assaulted and threatened his supervisor was dismissed for just […]
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld the for-cause termination of a supervisor who used text messages to solicit and […]
An employer’s assertion that “everyone just knew” the safety rules, was not a defence to charges under the Occupational Health […]
Employees of Ontario’s Office of the Worker Advisor and Officer of the Employer Advisor who provide legal services relating to […]
An employee who lied to and misled her employer about her ability to perform her work as a reporter, was fired for […]
A union member has won a legal battle against local union officials after they engaged in a “campaign” against him that […]
A professional engineer who engaged in an “over the top, aggressive” argument with an established member of management, has lost […]
A driver’s failure to wear a seat belt, which is an offence under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, is not […]
An Ontario construction worker has been fined $1,500.00 after jumping from a hoist tower to a nearby roof. Unfortunately for […]
It was not “harassment” for a manager to mention the College of Nurses of Ontario and remind nurses of their […]
Does a “kick in the butt” excuse a punch in the mouth? That was the question facing the Court in […]
A Ministry of Labour inspector has ordered an Ontario school board to revise its workplace violence policy, and the Ontario […]
