A Nova Scotia court has imposed a "creative sentence" for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, requiring the company to make safety presentations in addition to paying a fine.

An employee on a "last-chance" agreement was fired for cause for his "aggressive, condescending and rude" behaviour including discussing sensitive personal matters at work.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board has held that Minutes of Settlement signed in the settlement of an application at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario...

Even though an employee "won" his safety-retaliation case under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after his employer failed to file a Response, the employee's damages were reduced because his job search was shoddy.

The defence of "officially induced error" is rarely used successfully, but in a recent Highway Traffic Act case, it won the day.

An Ontario court has dismissed two charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act against a tourist resort after the Ministry of Labour failed to prove its case.

The OHSA may protect employees against retaliation for asserting their rights under that Act, but not for merely sustaining an injury, the Ontario Labour Relations Board has decided.

Importantly, the employer did not file a Response to the employee's OLRB Application, meaning that the OLRB's decision was of a "default nature".

Electronic filing of SIPPs with the Ontario regulator will be mandatory in 2016

With a new federal Liberal government coming into office on November 4, 2015, what does this mean for the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP)?

A hydro worker's sexual harassment of a co-worker, including an offensive sexual joke, justified his dismissal, the Ontario Labour Relations Board has held.

The superintendents were on the jobsite at the time of the accident and supervising the task of insulating the overhead water pipe.

In 2013, Health Canada and OSHA signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote ongoing collaboration on implementing the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling (GHS) in both countries.

Just because members of the public call for the firing of an employee for yelling sexual taunts at a TV reporter at a sports match, does not mean that the firing is legally justified, a recent case illustrates.

The worker testified that on the day in question, as he entered a construction site office he was asked by the health and safety officer why he had stopped trades people from throwing garbage from the third floor.

This is the first in-depth review of mining issuers’ websites, but the review process will continue and likely expand to other issuers.

Yesterday, Canada's 23rd Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, and the new Liberal cabinet formally assumed its duties after being sworn in at Rideau Hall.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced today that it has issued a Notice of Violation to Quebec-based business Compu-Finder for four alleged violations of Canada’s anti-spam legislation.

Today, June 18, 2015, Bill S-4, the Digital Privacy Act was passed by Canada's House of Commons vote. Bill S-4 was previously passed by Canada's Senate.

Because the employee fainted, OSHA determined that the fainting spell was work-related.