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The B.C. government introduced Bill 11 on April 15, 2025, proposing amendments to the Employment Standards Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 113 (the "ESA") that will restrict employers from asking employees...

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal recently released decision #1572/16 confirming that a company's failure to register with the Board is not, in and of itself, a bar to a worker receiving benefits from the WSIB.

Our blog post of May 29th reported that an Ontario roofer has been sent to jail for one day for an OHSA violation.

Recent Ontario human rights jurisprudence has reaffirmed many of the principles associated with the employer's duty to accommodate.

Various amendments are made to the "Occupational Health and Safety Act" and the "Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997". The following is not an exhaustive list of the amendments, but rather highlights some of the changes made.

As the warm weather becomes once again, so last season, employers and supervisors across Ontario are beginning to turn up the thermostats in their buildings.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board (the OLRB) has provided guidance on the extent of an employer's disclosure obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA)

The Ministry of Labour and the employer were not required to hand over certain documents requested by the union in a safety dispute, the Ontario Labour Relations Board has decided.

On May 29, 2020, the Ontario government enacted Ontario Regulation 228/20: Infectious Disease Emergency Leave, which in practical terms extended the length of time an employee...

On March 19, 2020, in response to the measures imposed on employers and businesses by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19, Bill 186, titled "An Act to amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000".

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office announced this morning that it has directed the Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development to draft legislation that, if passed...

On May 23, 2019, the Ontario Government announced its appointment of two special advisors, Linda Regner Dykeman and Sean Speer

In this case, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the constitutionality of Ontario’s special labour relations regime for agricultural workers.

In Garda Security Screening Inc. v. IAM, District 140 (Shoker Grievance) [2020] O.L.A.A. No. 162 (Garda Grievance), a labour arbitrator dismissed a grievance pertaining to the for-cause dismissal...

On December 7, 2021, Ontario announced it would extend the availability of Paid Infectious Disease Leave (Paid IDEL) until July 31, 2022, and the temporary relief measures from the termination and severance provisions

Employers subject to provincial legislation (i.e., not federal employers) that have employees in Ontario often ask about legislative requirements under various employment statutes, including mandatory policies, training and postings under the Employment Standards Act, 2000.

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