Dentons Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Law
Keeping you current on OHS Laws and Developments in Canada.
Health Canada and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have announced that they will “continue their partnership” to “align […]
The Ontario government has introduced legislation that will, among other things, quintuple the maximum fine against corporations for violating the […]
A safety officer’s compliance order has been suspended where the cost of compliance would be so high that it could […]
Please join us for a complimentary half-day employment law seminar in Toronto on Friday, June 5th. We will cover the […]
A former Safety Manager in California is among those charged with “willfully violating worker safety rules”, allegedly causing the death […]
In an unusual case, a construction site superintendent has won entitlement to workers compensation benefits after persuading an appeals tribunal […]
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has released its schedule of workplace inspection blitzes for the period from May 2015 to […]
Recently, an Ontario court dismissed Occupational Health and Safety Act charges against an employer where the injured worker’s unexpected and […]
A widely-reported fire at a Kingston construction site that required the evacuation of a crane operator by helicopter, has resulted […]
A 6’2′, 300-lb employee’s hostile, intimidating comment to a smaller co-worker in the company washroom was just cause for a […]
A maintenance electrician had “worked on” a stuck shipping door when he simply “inspected” it, even though he had not […]
A 57 year old employee with 36 years of service was properly fired for one incident in which he cut […]
