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Angry confrontation of employee by a manager could be safety issue: OLRB

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 7 2013

In what appears to be a departure from a growing line of cases, the Ontario Labour Relations Board has permitted an employee to advance her claim

Worker guilty of obstructing MOL inspector by refusing to answer questions

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 2 2013

A worker who refused to answer a Ministry of Labour inspector's questions during an accident investigation has been found guilty of obstructing the

Bad-faith work refusal complaint to MOL justified discipline reinstatement denied

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 30 2013

The work refusal provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act should not be abused, an arbitrator has effectively held in overturning an

City reasonably relied on engineer’s, architect’s stamp: OHSA charge dismissed in wall collapse case

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 25 2013

The City of Guelph acted reasonably when it relied on the stamped drawing of an architect and engineer as evidencing compliance with all legal

Major employment rulings of the Romanian High Court

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Romania
  • -
  • April 23 2013

Two recent rulings of the Romanian High Court of Cassation of Justice (the "High Court") clarify the timeframe in which employers may take

Safety violations get 37-year employee fired for cause

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 12 2013

We don't often hear of 37-year employees being fired for just cause. An arbitrator has recently upheld the dismissal of a long-service unionized

Supplier facing OHSA charges alleging that machine unsafe

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 10 2013

We don't often hear of Occupational Health and Safety Act charges against suppliers alleging that their machines or equipment were unsafe for use in

FCA provides guidance on role of intent in determining status of worker

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 8 2013

The role of intent in the determination of whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor has taken on greater significance in the last

Fear of personal OHSA liability caused employee’s anxiety disorder: human rights tribunal

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 2 2013

Supervisors and safety professionals have often told me that they fear being personally charged under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Now, a

Reinstatement of employment ordered a decade after disability leave commenced

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 2 2013

In a March 2013 decision that is likely to be challenged in the courts, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the reinstatement of an