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For most employers we consult with, preparing and distributing employee handbooks seems like just one obvious step in setting up or maintaining a healthy workplace.

On May 3, 2007, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) agreed to hear an appeal in Ciment St-Laurent inc. v. Barrette (St. Lawrence Cement).

On April 7, 2017, the BC Government issued a press release on having fulfilled its promise to ban mandatory high heels from BC workplaces.

Dealing with the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board ("WSIB") can be a challenging and expensive process for any employer.

A company that provided traffic control services has lost an appeal of two compliance orders issued against it under occupational health and safety legislation.

We previously posted about the trial decision in R. v. Precision Drilling Ltd., 2015 ABPC 115 (CanLII), where the court found the employer guilty of two charges arising from a workplace fatality...

The United Nations recently published the Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, following the visit of the Special Rapporteur...

The Ontario Labour Relations Board has refused to permit a teachers’ union to expand a safety appeal to several schools where the Ministry of Labour inspector had dealt with the issue at only one school.

Attached is a link to the recent publication of the Alberta Federation of Labour.

On January 11, 2016, Vadim Kazenelson was sentenced to 3½ years' imprisonment after having been found guilty of criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm for his role in a tragic construction incident.

In Starrs v. Troczynski, 2024 BCSC 2267 (Starrs), the plaintiff sought a production order against his former employer, Heidelberg Materials Canada Limited (HMC), for a workplace investigation report (the Report).

In Bottiglia v Ottawa Catholic School Board, 2017 ONSC 2517 (CanLII), Marcello Bottiglia was Superintendent of Schools at the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB). He had worked at the OCSB (and its predecessor) since 1975.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board has recently held that the work refusal process under the Occupational Health and Safety Act may not be used to challenge existing and established practices of the employer.

A worker was entitled to asbestos records for the government building he worked in. However, he was not entitled to a list of government employees who worked in the building...

An Ontario judge has allowed an injured worker to proceed with his lawsuit against a coworker for failing to report the absence of or defect in fall arrest equipment.

On Oct. 26, Ontario's Bill 79, Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79), received Royal Assent and took effect. The statutes amended by Bill 79 include the Employment Standards Act...

On November 27, 2024, the Ontario government introduced Bill 229, Working for Workers Six Act, 2024 (Bill 229).