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On April 15, 2025, the BC Government introduced Bill 11, proposing amendments to the Employment Standards Act in an attempt to reduce the burden on health practitioners in BC.

Employers must ensure that a written evaluation is conducted annually to measure the effectiveness of the Committee.

In November 2020, we discussed proposed changes to Alberta's workplace health and safety and workers' compensation legislation that were introduced through Bill 47...

When a person gets hurt on the job, the injury becomes apparent immediately. This is typical of a laceration or impact injury. However, sometimes a workplace injury does not become evident...

Today's workplace has an interesting dynamic when it comes to technology and employees: while employees generally want access to all the technology they can handle

Le vendredi 16 avril 2021, le gouvernement provincial de l'Ontario a annoncé la mise en œuvre de mesures supplémentaires afin de réduire la propagation de la COVID-19.

The court heard the testimony of eleven prosecution witnesses.

Employers sometimes despair over employees who file multiple claims over the same issue.

Recently, Fiera Foods, an industrial bakery in Toronto, came under fire for the third death of a worker at its factory since 1999.

The Ontario Ministry of Labour recently announced a summer safety inspection blitz targeting construction sites with mobile and tower cranes.

The Ontario government has introduced legislation that seeks to, among other things, provide for the establishment of employer "health and safety management systems"...

On April 4, 2022, in Extendicare Lynde Creek Retirement Residence and United Food & Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175, Arbitrator Stephen Raymond upheld a retirement home's mandatory vaccination...

Since Bill 168 changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act took effect in 2009 with respect to violence and harassment in the workplace, we have seen an increase in the number of workplace harassment investigations.

On Christmas Eve 2009, a tragic workplace accident occurred, when 5 workers employed by Metron Construction Incorporated fell 13 stories...

Most employment lawyers would agree that proving just cause for a single, isolated incident for a long-service employee is an uphill battle.

Employers have a duty, under Occupational Health and Safety legislation, to provide information, training and supervision to workers to protect their health and safety.

The conviction serves as a reminder of the responsibility for employers to protect workers from COVID-19 transmission.