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After adopting an action plan to stop sexual violence and harassment in March 2015, Ontario's legislature is taking steps to pass an act that would create new duties for employers to prevent and investigate sexual harassment...

Over the past several weeks, news of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV or Coronavirus) has dominated our newsfeeds, which at the time of writing has three confirmed cases in Ontario, two of which are

An Ontario company was recently fined $250,000 and two of its directors were each ordered to serve 25 days in jail as a result of a workplace fatality.

Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) the Chief Prevention Officer (CPO) has the authority to establish standards for training programs required under the OHSA and its regulations, and to approve the training programs which meet those standards as well as the authority to establish standards which must be met in order for a training provider to be approved to deliver the approved training program.

COVID-19 has brought significant changes to the way that we work, across all industry sectors.

Employers should consider reasonable steps to ensure the health and safety of workers that work from home in both types of jurisdictions.

On May 15, 2017, the Ontario Government issued a Progress Report that sets out 23 recommendations and tools aimed at improving workplace violence prevention programs in the province's health care sector...

A Federal District Court Judge in West Virginia has sentenced former Massey Energy Company CEO, Donald Blankenship, to the maximum allowable sentence after his conviction by a jury last fall.

Sinopec Shanghai Engineering Co. Ltd., a member of the Sinopec group of companies, was fined $1.5 million this week after it pleaded guilty in Provincial Court to three charges under the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act.

In "Berendsen v. Ontario", the Ontario Court of Appeal recently overturned the trial judge’s finding of negligence against the province for depositing construction waste on agricultural property in the 1960s.

Chevron is not the only US oil company facing blockbuster claims for damages from South American indigenous groups, due to past environmental damage apparently sanctioned by their governments.

The Ontario Court of Appeal this week clarified and narrowed the definition of "workplace" under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

On January 30 and 31, the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal (Tribunal) heard a series of motions in the appeals of a Renewable Energy Approval (REA) issued to Conestogo Wind LP (Conestogo Wind) for a Class 4 wind facility in Mapletown Township, County of Wellington, Ontario.

Smith v. Inco involved an environmental class action brought on behalf of approximately 7,000 residential property owners in the City of Port Colborne, where Inco operated a nickel refinery from 1918 to 1984.

Following the recent legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada, now is a good time for Canadian employers to review their workplace policies to ensure ...

Litigation associate Craig Gilchrist spoke with the OBA to discuss mental health from a working lawyer's perspective.

On October 23, 2018, the Ontario government introduced Bill 47, entitled Making Ontario Open for Business Act, which would repeal various sections of the Fair Workplaces ...

Depuis l'entrée en vigueur des nouvelles dispositions de la Loi modernisant le régime de santé et de sécurité du travail (LMRSS) le 1er janvier 2024, les chantiers de construction au Québec doivent...