Dentons Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Law
Keeping you current on OHS Laws and Developments in Canada.
An employer that dismissed an employee after a harassment investigation did not breach a previous safety-reprisal settlement with the employee, […]
The fact that an employee had engaged in harassment did not make it foreseeable that he would assault a coworker, […]
An electrician’s comment, “Don’t worry about me, I carry weapons” and “it would really feel good to kill something today” […]
Employees may not raise the same human rights issue before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario and the courts, a […]
After failing in a harassment grievance that was based on the Occupational Health and Safety Act, an employee has failed […]
An employee who was fired after complaining to the Ministry of Labour that she felt threatened by “disgruntled and aggressive […]
Where a doctor has sexually harassed a nurse, a labour arbitrator has authority to decide how close the doctor should be […]
The Supreme Court of Canada has denied an employee’s claim for workers’ compensation benefits for “chronic stress” which he said […]
An employee at an isolated camp in the Northwest Territories who assaulted and threatened his supervisor was dismissed for just […]
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 […]
It was not “harassment” for a manager to mention the College of Nurses of Ontario and remind nurses of their […]
