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The case of R. v. Metron has attracted the widespread attention of Canadian employers and employees alike.

There were two interesting developments in Ontario this month in employment and human rights law.

On June 19, 2015, the Federal Government enacted the Policy Committees, Work Place Committees and Health and Safety Representatives Regulations.

Where the government had not updated a regulation to require compliance with a newer version of an ANSI standard, the law still required compliance with the old version, a federal tribunal has decided.

The Nova Scotia Occupational Health and Safety Act (the "Act") provides that "contractors" and "constructors" have similar, but not identical, responsibilities, with a "Constructor"

The Ontario Ministry of Labour has released results of its enforcement initiative in Ontario schools, which resulted from the tragic death of an Ottawa area student while cutting a steel barrel.

In Extendicare Lynde Creek Retirement Home Residence and United Food & Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175, Arbitrator Stephen Raymond issued a consent award...

Au cours de la dernière année, les tribunaux québécois ont rendu plusieurs décisions importantes que les employeurs canadiens devraient connaître.

We previously reported on the acquittal of a Saskatchewan employer after a worker died of suffocation in a grain terminal.

Update: On January 13, 2022, the Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board confirmed that it will require a PCR test in order to process COVID-19 related claims.

On January 13, 2022, five employees of Eastway Tank, Pump and Meter Ltd. (the "Employer") were killed in an explosion at the worksite.

Motor vehicle accidents are one of the leading causes of work-related injuries and fatalities in Ontario.

The judge's reasons for sending Metron Construction's project manager, Vadim Kazenelson, to jail for criminal negligence are now available here.

A supervisor's violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act can ground a criminal negligence charge against him, an Ontario preliminary inquiry judge has decided, sending the criminal charges to trial.

An Ontario judge has decided that criminal charges against a Project Manager should go to trial.

In October 2019, we reported that the Quebec Court of Appeal dismissed the application of three Sikh truckers who challenged a company policy requiring them to wear...

A recent Alberta case decided by the Supreme Court of Canada last week gives support to a "no free accident" policy which requires self-disclosure of employees who have problems with alcohol or illicit drugs.

A student's violent acts in a classroom have led to a dispute about the circumstances in which teachers may engage in a work refusal for safety reasons.