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Alberta employers: Changes to occupational health and safety legislation take effect on December 1, 2021

By Cristina Wendel and Sarah Offredi
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Ontario employers now legally required to screen employees coming to work – using the government’s “Screening Tool”

By Adrian Miedema and Emily Kroboth
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Prison-time for a contractor for manslaughter: A first in Quebec legal history

By Arianne Bouchard
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Possession of “small amount” of marijuana was just cause to fire employee who had “not carefully checked his pockets” before screening to board flight for offshore platform

By Adrian Miedema
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Canadian Law Blog Awards recognizes Dentons’ Occupational Health & Safety Law Blog as one of Canada’s top legal practice group blogs in 2017

By Adrian Miedema
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A Truly Poisoned Work Environment – Arbitrator Upholds Discharge of Employee Who Spiked Office Water Cooler with Bleach

By Andy Pushalik
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The death of an employee due to the collapse of trench walls: Superior Court confirms the employer’s committal for trial for manslaughter

By Arianne Bouchard
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Medical Marijuana in the Workplace

With the recent expansion of legislation permitting the production, sale and use of marijuana for medical purposes, employers should begin […]

By Catherine Coulter
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Arbitration board imposes 24-hour firefighter shift, despite employer’s safety concerns

An interest arbitration board has imposed a 24-hour shift for firefighters employed by the Ontario City of St. Catharines, despite […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Dentons’ Spring Employment Seminar Includes OHS Caselaw Highlights – June 5th

Please join us for a complimentary half-day employment law seminar in Toronto on Friday, June 5th. We will cover the […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Constructor made mistake of law, not fact: convicted of OHSA charge

A constructor that argued the “mistake of fact” due diligence defence was instead found to have made a “mistake of […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Dismissal of safety-reprisal complaint set aside where employee, mistaken about start time, failed to attend hearing

An employer is facing a resurrected Ontario Labour Relations Board safety-reprisal hearing after the case was dismissed when the employee […]

By Adrian Miedema

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