Dentons Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Law
Keeping you current on OHS Laws and Developments in Canada.
A mining company has won a lengthy dispute with the Ontario Ministry of Labour after satisfying the Ontario Labour Relations […]
An Alberta judge has suggested that if a workplace safety policy or program requires that certain accidents be investigated, then […]
An appeal court has upheld the conviction of a landlord for criminal negligence causing death after numerous Fire Code violations […]
This case serves as an example of what degree of conduct will or will not constitute obstruction of an officer […]
A worker’s comment that “I guess I’d have to kill you” was clearly inappropriate but did not constitute wilful misconduct […]
Courts should discourage employers from suing employees for making safety complaints to the Ministry of Labour, an Ontario Small Claims […]
A Saskatchewan labourer has pleaded guilty to fraud after having been caught collecting workers compensation benefits following his return to […]
An Ontario court has dismissed two charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act against a tourist resort after the Ministry […]
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has held that Minutes of Settlement signed in the settlement of an application at the […]
An employee has won a reinstatement order under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after the Ontario Labour Relations Board held that […]
After an employee’s union grieved that the employer had failed to return him to work “notwithstanding that he has provided […]
An adjudicator has held that the Occupational Health and Safety Act‘s “general duty” clause did not require an employer to […]
