An interest arbitration board has imposed a 24-hour shift for firefighters employed by the Ontario City of St. Catharines, despite the city's strenuous objections based largely on safety concerns.

An employee who attacked a coworker who warned of safety issues, has been sent to prison for four years.

The Manitoba government has proposed substantial increases to fines under the Manitoba Workers Compensation Act.

A millwright who violated his employer’s "Cardinal Rules" by committing a lock-out violation, deserved a six-month suspension and with a last-chance stipulation, an arbitrator has held.

A disability management company charged under the Ontario Insurance Act with knowingly making false or misleading statements to an insurer has been found not guilty.

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.

An electrician’s comment, "Don’t worry about me, I carry weapons" and "it would really feel good to kill something today" constituted workplace violence but did not warrant dismissal.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board has held that where an employer had complied with a Ministry of Labour inspector’s compliance orders under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, to the satisfaction of the MOL, the operation of the orders should not be suspended while the employer appeals the orders.

In a decision that affirms a broad definition of "workplace" under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Ontario Labour Relations Board has ruled that hydro trucks, including their aerial lift buckets, were "workplaces" under that Act even while they were simply being used to transport employees.

Working excessive hours could pose a safety issue, the Ontario Labour Relations Board has held in refusing to dismiss a complaint that the employee was fired in retaliation for raising safety issues.

Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board has issued a new policy showing when the WSIB will punish employers that have not registered.

Federal employers have a new definition of "danger" to apply, and an updated work refusal process to use, effective October 31, 2014.

A recent Ontario Labour Relations Board decision illustrates the importance of timely filing of appeals of Ministry of Labour inspectors’ orders.

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...

The Ontario Labour Relations Board has deferred to the opinion of a Ministry of Labour inspector over that of an engineer in refusing to suspend a compliance order issued by the inspector under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

An Ontario Justice of the Peace has discussed the range of fines against employers convicted of charges under OHSA in regards to a workplace death.

Employers often post new procedures in the workplace without providing formal training.

The Ontario Ministry of Labour is facing a negligence suit by the lone survivor of the Christmas Eve, 2009 scaffold collapse.

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

Ministry of Labour managers have discretion as to whether to send out an inspector when an employer calls after-hours about a workplace accident, a recent decision suggests.