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Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) the Chief Prevention Officer (CPO) has the authority to establish standards for training progra...
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In Ontario, all employers must take steps to prevent and react to harassment and violence in the workplace. Part III.0.1 of the Occupational Health...
A recent guilty plea by an employer after an agency supplied temporary worker died on the job is a sobering reminder of just how broad the definiti...
Increasingly, employers are being faced with requests from employees requesting religious accommodation on various grounds, including paid time off...
The sweeping changes brought on by The Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (formerly Bill 18) have begun to take effect. The Act r...
By Susan Crawford
On January 31, 2015 the Ontario Superior Court of Ontario certified a $100 million dollar class action lawsuit for unpaid overtime against Canada C...
By Kelsey Orth
A central feature of collective bargaining – contract negotiations between unions and employers – is the ability for either party to ap...
The Superior Court of Ontario recently adopted the test for family status discrimination as outlined in the seminal decision, Johnstone v Canada (B...
Federally-regulated employees may be dismissed on a without cause basis under the Canada Labour Code (the “Code”). This was the conclus...
After an employee has been dismissed without cause, an employer can allege cause if misconduct of the employee is discovered after the dismissal &n...
2014 saw a number of important decisions and legislative changes in the area of labour and employment law. Over the course of the...
Just prior to beginning the holiday season themselves, the Senate of Canada gave federally regulated employers an early gift: the passing of Bill C...
In the last couple of years, employers and organizations have seen their costs associated with employee absenteeism skyrocket. Absenteeism in...
As one of the seminal decisions of 2014, USW and Tenaris Algoma Tubes Inc. raised the issues of off-duty conduct, sexual harassment / threats and s...
Further to our blog on October 9, 2014, this is just a reminder that the clock is ticking and organizations will be expected to be in compliance wi...
By Rob Boswell
On December 8, 2014, in keeping with one of its major election items, Ontario’s Liberal Government introduced Bill 56, An Act to require the ...
On June 27, 2012 we reported on the Metron Construction Case. It is the case where six workers were repairing balconies on a modular 40 ...
In Farwell v Citair Inc. (General Coach Canada) 2014 ONCA 177 the appellant, Citair Inc., argued that the trial judge made an error of mixed f...
By Mike MacLellan
Sexual harassment in the workplace is a topic that is permeating the social consciousness more than ever since allegations against a prominent CBC ...
On November 20, 2014 Bill 18 received Royal Assent, meaning that the Ontario Legislature has passed into law some wide-ranging changes to the Emplo...
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