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Employers Must Post MOL Safety Poster Now: MOL Enforcement Starts October 2012

The Ontario Ministry of Labour has released a safety poster that employers are now legally required, under the Occupational Health […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Amendments to Safety Laws
  • Safety - Risk Management

Mandatory Supervisory Safety Training Coming to Ontario: MOL Releases Draft Workbook and Employer Guide for Consultation

The Ontario Ministry of Labour has previously stated that it intends to pass a regulation requiring employers to provide safety […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Amendments to Safety Laws
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  • Other Safety Developments

MOL Releases OHSA-Reprisal Guidance for Workers and Employers

The Ontario Ministry of Labour has released a Fact Sheet that provides guidance to workers and employers on the safety-reprisal […]

By Adrian Miedema
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  • Caselaw Developments

Text Message “Dubious”: Harassment-Reprisal Complaint Dismissed

Basing a harassment-reprisal complaint on a text message is risky when one cannot prove that the text message was ever […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Mandatory Worker Safety Training Materials, Safety Poster, Released by Ontario MOL for Consultation

The Ontario Ministry of Labour has announced that it intends to pass a regulation that will introduce a mandatory safety awareness […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Ontario MOL Announces Safety “Improvements” – Including Safety Poster

On December 16th, the Ontario Ministry of Labour announced the following: The MOL said that it intends to propose a […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Bill 168 Update: OLRB Will Not Hear Harassment-Reprisal Complaint Under OHSA

In previous posts, we reported that the Ontario Labour Relations Board had expressed doubt about whether it has jurisdiction to […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Neglect of Bill 168 forms Basis for Reprisal Complaint

Arguing that his “termination would not have happened” had his employer complied with Bill 168 and thus addressed his harassment […]

By Adrian Miedema
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  • Safety - Risk Management

Threats are “Violence” Post-Bill 168: Firing of Long-Term Employee Upheld

Workplace threats are now “violence” in Ontario and justify strong discipline, the decision of an Ontario arbitrator suggests.  Bill 168 […]

By Adrian Miedema

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