Caselaw Developments General Occupational Health and Safety Refusal to cooperate with an employer’s Drug and Alcohol Policy leads to termination for just cause By Cristina Wendel and Jenny Wang
Caselaw Developments Safety Professionals - Practice Issues Constructively Dismissed Due to Workplace Mental Distress? You May Need to Go to the WSIB, not Courts By Adrian Miedema
Caselaw Developments Safety - Risk Management Alberta Court of Appeal confirms that directors may be held personally liable for injuries sustained in a workplace incident By Cristina Wendel
Caselaw Developments Safety Professionals - Practice Issues WSIB fraud requires a wilful act, like tax evasion, appeal court decides By Adrian Miedema
Caselaw Developments Safety - Risk Management Ninety-day administrative driving suspension for impaired driving was not just cause to fire Assistant Fire Chief By Adrian Miedema
Caselaw Developments Prosecutions / Charges Alberta Court of Appeal clarifies what the Crown must prove in a general duty offence By Cristina Wendel
Caselaw Developments Violence and Harassment “Communications and conduct” of employer’s lawyer regarding sexual harassment investigation were not privileged, could be referred to in Claim, court decides By Adrian Miedema
Caselaw Developments Prosecutions / Charges Safety - Risk Management Owner of electrical contractor, who transferred assets due to looming charges, held personally liable for company’s $430,000 regulatory fine By Adrian Miedema
Caselaw Developments Violence and Harassment Female police officers’ class action claiming gender harassment dismissed because arbitrator, not courts, had jurisdiction By Adrian Miedema
Caselaw Developments Safety Professionals - Practice Issues Safety manager wins wrongful dismissal suit: he had not failed to complete assigned tasks, court decides By Adrian Miedema
Caselaw Developments Safety - Risk Management Safety Professionals - Practice Issues Court declines to quash “bid ban” imposed by City on paving company for safety and other reasons By Adrian Miedema
Caselaw Developments Prosecutions / Charges OHSA charges in fatality case dismissed for delay. Crown did not have “concrete plan” to move case along By Adrian Miedema
