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Employers with employees in Ontario often ask about legislative requirements under various employment statutes, including mandatory policies, training and postings under the...

The Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development has announced that it is seeking prompt comments and feedback on two Occupational Health and Safety proposals...

On June 8, 2022, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health announced that provincial mask-wearing requirements for most public settings will expire effective 12:00 AM on...

Last week I wrote about the Ontario government's plan to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act to increase the maximum fine against corporations to $1.5 million per charge and against individuals ...

On July 21, 2022, the Ontario Government announced that the COVID-19 Worker Income Protection Benefit would be extended to March 31, 2023.

In our article of April 19, 2021, we reported that the British Columbia government introduced Bill 3 which, if passed, would amend the British Columbia Employment Standards Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c.113...

On October 1, 2012, Ontario’s Ministry of Labour will begin enforcing a new workplace posting obligation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) which requires all employers in Ontario to post a copy of its "Health & Safety at Work – Prevention Starts Here" poster.

A precedent setting occupational health and safety (OHS) case was heard in the Alberta Court yesterday. For the first time in Alberta's history, a worker who was also a company ...

The Ontario government recently announced that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) will be reducing employer premium rates and distributing over $2.5 billion to eligible Schedule 1...

Ontario is once again attempting to increase worker safety by amending the province’s occupational health and safety legislation. On March 3, 2011 the Ontario government introduced Bill 160,

On November 5, 2020, the Government of Alberta introduced Bill 47, Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020 (the "Bill").

In a decision that has sparked debate across the football community, the NFL has opted not to ban the controversial "tush push" play – at least for now. At the Spring League Meeting on May 21, 2025, team owners voted 22-10 in favour of banning the play, falling just two votes short of the 24 required to enact a rule change.

Quebec has recently adopted legislation regulating the employment of children.

On Sept. 30, 2021, the National Assembly of Québec passed Bill 59, An Act to modernise the occupational health and safety system (Bill 59), marking the first major reform in occupational health and safety in nearly 40 years.

The Supreme Court of Canada will decide whether an employer must have "reasonable cause" to conduct random alcohol testing on unionized employees, or whether an inherently dangerous workplace is sufficient to justify random alcohol testing.

Leading up to Canada Day, 2018 employers should have been preparing and reviewing their workplace policies to ensure that they would be in compliance with the Smoke-Free Ontario Act...

For the most part, all provinces within Canada follow a similar procedure relating to an employee's right to refuse unsafe work. The below list is a number of common steps required, country-wide: