Court considers safety, fatigue of replacement workers in granting picketing injunction
A British Columbia judge has considered an employer’s concerns for the safety of replacement workers, in granting an injunction against […]
Safety Professionals – Practice Issues
Worker who spread rumour that MOL inspector “paid off” by company, and that company was closing, was fired for cause
A worker who contacted a Ministry of Labour inspector with safety concerns but didn’t get the answer he wanted, and […]
B.C. Appeal Court Clarifies Workplace Accident Reporting Obligations
The employer of the injured worker, not the owner of the workplace, was required to report the worker’s injury, the […]
No damages awarded for unforeseeable workplace assault, but employer ordered to rewrite harassment policy
The fact that an employee had engaged in harassment did not make it foreseeable that he would assault a coworker, […]
MOL safety blitz results show many new businesses non-compliant with basic requirements
The results of a recent Ontario Ministry of Labour safety blitz shows many new small businesses violate basic legal requirements […]
Employer asks HRTO for permission to access employer’s own “Occupational Health and Claims Management” file on employee
Must an employer obtain permission from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to access medical records held in the employer’s […]
MOL permits employer to have multi-workplace joint health and safety committee, union’s challenge dismissed
A union has lost a request to suspend a Ministry of Labour Director’s order allowing a school board to establish […]
Notes taken post-accident can lose privilege if used to refresh memory, court decision suggests
Privileged notes taken by a witness – or by the employer from a witness – after a workplace accident may […]
“Red flags” were used to assess workplace violence threat; employer’s request for psychiatric assessment was justified
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ruled that the City of Toronto was justified in requiring an employee to […]
Are supervisors able to assess impairment? Drug driving decision suggests so
A recent Ontario decision suggests that laypersons – such as supervisors – may assess whether a person is impaired from drugs or […]
Safety committee members lose claims that employer retaliated against them
Disciplinary letters issued to three members of a safety “Policy Committee” were not retaliatory under the Canada Labour Code, the […]
Company fined $25,000 for operating electrical contracting business without license under Electricity Act after apprentice injured
An electrical contractor has been convicted and fined for carrying on an electrical contracting business without being licensed under the […]