Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Law
Keeping you current on OHS Laws and Developments in Canada.
We are delighted to tell you that the Canadian Law Blog Awards has named Dentons Canada’s Occupational Health and Safety […]
OHSA legislation in Alberta and Ontario is changing. The Ontario amendments (including maximum fines and the limitation period for laying charges) […]
The Ministry of Labour can prosecute employers under the “general duty” clause of the Occupational Health and Safety Act even where […]
A release, signed by a terminated employee, barred her complaint against her employer under occupational health and safety legislation, the […]
Last week I wrote about the Ontario government’s plan to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act to increase the […]
The Ontario government has introduced legislation to triple the maximum fine under the Occupational Health and Safety Act against corporations […]
An Ontario Justice of the Peace has dismissed an Occupational Health and Safety Act charge in a fatality case, finding that the […]
Increasingly, in this “Internet age”, employees are asking employment tribunals to anonymize their names, given that almost all decisions are […]
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has stated that Ministry of Labour inspectors have the power to require employers to provide […]
A labour arbitrator has upheld the dismissal of a city inspector after he physically attacked two people – a coworker […]
An Ontario judge has decided that a worker’s negligence – not the company’s – caused the worker’s death, overturning a […]
An Ontario judge has decided that a $250,000 fine against a small company, and 25-day jail terms for two company […]
