Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Law
Keeping you current on OHS Laws and Developments in Canada.
A journeyman electrician employed by Hydro One Inc. was properly dismissed because, during an altercation, he pushed another employee causing […]
A mining employee who consumed alcohol and uttered threats on a picket line was not properly dismissed, as his threats […]
An Ontario Private Member’s Bill, introduced on September 20, 2012, seeks to protect gas station attendant’s safety and their income. […]
In an unusual case, a psychiatrist has decided to disclose, to an employee’s employer and the police, a threat made […]
In this article, Andy Pushalik reviews employer’s duties as they relate to workplace violence and harassment in Ontario. On June […]
An arbitrator has upheld the dismissal of a unionized employee where the risk of him committing another violent act outweighed […]
A nurse who refused a work assignment, then claimed that her supervisor had suspended her and was “picking” on and […]
