Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Law
Keeping you current on OHS Laws and Developments in Canada.
An Ontario judge has refused to permit a professional engineer employed with the Ontario Ministry of Labour to testify as […]
A safety officer’s compliance order has been suspended where the cost of compliance would be so high that it could […]
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has released its schedule of workplace inspection blitzes for the period from May 2015 to […]
The Federal Court has held that a manager was not a “competent person” to conduct a workplace harassment investigation under […]
Employers often post new procedures in the workplace without providing formal training. A recent decision of the Ontario Labour Relations […]
Employers who have bona fide reasons for dismissing an employee should avoid using “not the right fit”. They should also show up […]
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has held that where an employer had complied with a Ministry of Labour inspector’s compliance […]
Although an employer may appeal a Ministry of Labour inspector’s rescission (withdrawal) of a compliance order that he or she […]
The total of safety fines paid for the December 24, 2009 swing stage collapse fatalities is now $1,240,000 after Swing […]
An Illinois business owner has been taken into custody after his business failed to correct serious trenching hazards and pay […]
The Ontario Ministry of Labour will conduct a safety blitz of industrial workplaces from November 3rd to December 14th, 2014. […]
The employer of the injured worker, not the owner of the workplace, was required to report the worker’s injury, the […]
