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Cet article s'adresse aux employeurs ayant en place une politique de vaccination contre la COVID-19.

Ontario Regulation 297/13 mandates that employers ensure that their workers and supervisors complete a basic occupational health and safety awareness training program.

If 2020 has felt like a horror movie, the COVID-19 vaccine is be the highly anticipated final act. Now with the vaccine's premiere just days away many of us are on the edge of our seats...

The federal government has announced October 17, 2018 as the date it comes into force.

Employers should be aware of an additional tool that can be used to detect employees who are impaired at work. "Impairment Testing" may be a more effective, less invasive way to measure employee impairment.

On May 12, 2021, the Manitoba Government passed Bill 73: The Employment Standards Code Amendment Act (COVID-19 Vaccination Leave).

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has nearly completed its three-year process to introduce a new global standard for occupational health and safety management systems.

Given the overlapping roles and responsibilities under the legislation with respect to occupational health and safety, it is critical for employers to establish clear lines of accountability...

Companies and individuals charged under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act may ask the prosecutor to provide the Ministry of Labour inspector’s criminal record, an Ontario court has ruled.

The Ontario Government has passed amendments to the Ontario, Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the "ESA") which require Ontario employers to provide employees with up to three paid sick days...

On July 21, 2022, the Ontario government filed new regulations amending Ontario Regulation 228/20 (O. Reg. 228/20), resulting in the extension of paid Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL) until March 31, 2023.

When charged with an Occupational Health and Safety Act violation, you need to be provided with complete Crown disclosure before you can decide whether to defend the charge or seek another resolution.

In Quebec, the Act Respecting Occupational Health and Safety (the Act) binds a principal contractor to the same extent as an employer.

On March 8, 2016, Bill 132 received Royal Assent at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The Bill is part of the Ontario government's strategy to support survivors of sexual violence and eliminate sexual harassment.

On December 8, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the federal government’s new "Chemicals Management Plan". The plan will carry out the mandate established for the federal government in 1999 under the Toxic Substances Control part of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) to categorize by toxicity all of the chemical substances known or presumed to exist in Canada that are recorded on the Domestic Substances List (DSL).

A discussion based on a recent case where an employee sued Ladbrokes for breach of statutory and common-law duties to ensure that the premises were sufficiently secure, specifically in failing to keep the front door locked by operating the magnetic lock which was fitted to it.

On October 7, 2011 the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Smith v. Inco Ltd, granting Inco’s appeal and overturning the trial court’s award of damages under the doctrine of strict liability, referred to as the Rylands v. Fletcher rule, and for nuisance.