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“Unacceptable Burden” on Employer to Keep Two Fighting Employees Apart: Dismissal Upheld, But Lifetime Work Ban at Hydro Overturned

A journeyman electrician employed by Hydro One Inc. was properly dismissed because, during an altercation, he pushed another employee causing […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Caselaw Developments
  • Violence and Harassment

Drunken Picket Line Threat to “Shoot Everyone” Did Not Warrant Dismissal: Ontario Arbitrator

A mining employee who consumed alcohol and uttered threats on a picket line was not properly dismissed, as his threats […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Amendments to Safety Laws
  • Violence and Harassment

Gas Station Employees’ Safety and Wages Would be Protected under Ontario Private Member’s Bill

An Ontario Private Member’s Bill, introduced on September 20, 2012, seeks to protect gas station attendant’s safety and their income. […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Caselaw Developments
  • Safety Professionals - Practice Issues
  • Violence and Harassment

Employee Dismissed After His Psychiatrist Discloses Workplace Violence Threat Made in Treatment Session

In an unusual case, a psychiatrist has decided to disclose, to an employee’s employer and the police, a threat made […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Amendments to Safety Laws
  • Safety - Risk Management
  • Violence and Harassment

Reviewing Ontario’s Workplace Violence and Harassment Law

In this article, Andy Pushalik reviews employer’s duties as they relate to workplace violence and harassment in Ontario. On June […]

By Andy Pushalik
  • Caselaw Developments
  • Violence and Harassment

When does Workplace Violence Justify Dismissal? Pipe-Throwing Employee’s Risk of Reoffending Outweighed Hopes of Reform

An arbitrator has upheld the dismissal of a unionized employee where the risk of him committing another violent act outweighed […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Caselaw Developments
  • Violence and Harassment

“Picking On” Employee, Suspending Her for Refusing Work Assignment, Were not Safety-Reprisal

A nurse who refused a work assignment, then claimed that her supervisor had suspended her and was “picking” on and […]

By Adrian Miedema

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