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Developing a process to provide individualized workplace emergency response information to employees: a requirement under the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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Canada
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March 4 2013

The intent of the Accessibility Standard for Employment, one of the three standards contained in the Integrated Accessibility Standards (IAS

AODA update: what you need to know now!

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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Canada
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January 18 2013

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Regulations made under the Act, apply to every organization in the public and

School board convicted for violation of OHSA

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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Canada
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September 27 2012

The Ottawa Catholic District School Board was recently fined $275,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act relating to an explosion in a school classroom that killed a student who was participating in a class project

AODA compliance update: the forgotten clause

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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Canada
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September 27 2012

In anticipation of the January 1, 2012 compliance deadline, many organizations became intimately familiar with the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service Regulation, O. Reg. 42907 made under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA

Record-setting fine awarded to Walmart in New Brunswick teen’s death

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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Canada
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April 20 2012

Walmart was fined $120,000 ($100,000 plus $20,000 victim fine surcharge) on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 in connection with a death of a teenage employee last year in Grand Falls, New Brunswick

Recent updates to the Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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Canada
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April 20 2012

The 2012 Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1, is the 22nd edition of Canada’s primary standard for electrical installations

The Canada Consumer Product Safety Act: are you prepared?

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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Canada
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September 22 2011

On June 20, 2011, the new Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA or the Act) came into force

New CSA standard for first responders - ANCGSBCSA Z1610-11

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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Canada
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May 10 2011

CSA Standards and the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) have developed the first national standard for protection of first responders from Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) events

Hand washing: reducing the risk of common infections

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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Canada
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May 10 2011

Ensuring that employees wash their hands properly after using the washroom is very important in reducing disease transmission of germs that can lead to stomach "flus" and other gastrointestinal infections

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act: first steps

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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Canada
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February 17 2011

The Accessibilities for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA or the Act) was introduced by the Ontario government in 2005