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Human Rights Tribunal invalidates gender-specific job agreement

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 28 2008

In a decision rendered last October 26th, the Human Rights Tribunal (hereinafter the "HRT"), ordered Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital and the union, solidarily, to pay $10,000 in moral damages and $5,000 in exemplary damages to each of two complainants who were discriminated against further to the adoption of an agreement to make the position of orderly gender-specific (hereinafter the "Agreement"

No compensation for loss of employment due to an occupational injury

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 30 2008

In a January 28, 2008 decision, the "Tribunal d'arbitrage" dismissed a grievance by an employee who was claiming compensation for the loss of his employment owing to his inability to work because of an occupational injury

New regulation in Ontario on needle safety

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 17 2007

A new regulation under Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act will make safety engineered needles or needleless systems mandatory in all hospitals

Changes to drug testing thresholds

  • McLennan Ross LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 27 2010

If your company has an alcohol and drug testing policy, you need to be aware of changes which are being implemented to drug testing standards specified by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) (and followed by Canadian testing laboratories) effective October 1, 2010

H1N1 virus (swine flu) advice for employers preparing for a pandemic

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 29 2009

Newspaper headlines today urge Canadians to avoid travel to Mexico unless absolutely necessary, given the current health risk

Pandemic preparedness and response recommendations

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 24 2009

Employers play a key role in protecting employees’ health and safety

Employers should develop and implement pandemic influenza response plan

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 22 2009

While the media frenzy regarding the H1N1 influenza virus (also known as the "swine flu") has somewhat subsided over the past few months, recent reports by the World Health Organization have indicated that, in some regions, instances of swine flu are increasing

Responding to the H1N1 influenza virus

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 7 2009

A serious concern has arisen over the last few months regarding the rapid spread of the H1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu ("H1N1"), and the possibility of significant social and economic disruption

Wright v. College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (Appeals Committee) 2012 ABCA 267

  • Field Law LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 1 2013

In the November 6, 2012 edition of Perspectives for the Professions we reported on the decision of the Court of Appeal referenced above. In this case

H1N1 virus (swine influenza) preparing for the pandemic (provincially-regulated employers)

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 20 2009

The H1N1 Virus, or swine influenza, outbreak is obviously of great concern for B.C. employers

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