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Fear of Personal OHSA Liability Caused Employee’s Anxiety Disorder: Human Rights Tribunal

Supervisors and safety professionals have often told me that they fear being personally charged under the Occupational Health and Safety […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Workplace Violence and Harassment Top MOL Orders in Blitz

Workplace violence and harassment was the most common category of compliance orders made by Ontario Ministry of Labour inspectors in […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Unsafe-Truck Complaint Gets Probationary Employee Fired – and Damages for Safety-Reprisal

An Ontario employer has been ordered to pay 24 weeks’ wages to a 12-week probationary employee who was fired after complaining […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Supervisor Fined for Disturbing Accident Scene

An Ontario supervisor has been convicted and fined under the Occupational Health and Safety Act for disturbing an accident scene. […]

By Adrian Miedema
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When is an MOL Notice of Workplace Accident Required? Ontario Court of Appeal Clarifies

Many Ontario employers will be relieved by an Ontario appeal decision that clarifies – and limits – the obligation to […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Union asks Court to Initiate Safety Prosecution Against Employer

A union has taken the unusual step of asking the Federal Court to order the federal Minister of Labour to […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Government Safety Investigations
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Ontario MOL’s Winter Safety Blitzes

Ontario Ministry of Labour inspectors are conducting a winter safety blitz looking for the following: Diesel emissions and other hazards […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Criminal Negligence Trial Against Ship’s Navigation Officer Begins

The CBC is reporting that the criminal negligence trial of Karl Lilgert, Navigation Officer of the ferry, Queen of the […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Supervisor’s Criminal Safety Charges Going to Trial

An Ontario judge has decided that criminal charges against a Project Manager should go to trial. The charges against Vadim […]

By Adrian Miedema
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January 1, 2014 Deadline for New Mandatory Safety AwarenessTraining, Ontario Government Proposes

Ontario employers will have until January 1, 2014 to ensure that all current workers and supervisors have received new mandatory […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Reinstatement, Full Back Pay for Employee Fired after Work Refusal

The Ontario Labour Relations Board has reinstated an employee who was fired shortly after he engaged in a work refusal […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Struggling with How to Comply with Safety Compliance Order? MOL Inspector Need not Help: OLRB

An employer struggling with how to comply with a Ministry of Labour inspector’s safety compliance order cannot expect the MOL […]

By Adrian Miedema

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