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New Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board initiatives for 2013

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 22 2013

The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is in a state of flux, with many changes occurring and more on the horizon

Duty to mitigate includes obligation to accept recall from layoff

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 17 2013

At the end of 2011, we wrote about the case of Maclean v. The Raywal Limited Partnership. In that case, the Superior Court confirmed that an

Workplace investigations - Spring 2013

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 15 2013

A good workplace investigation is an invaluable tool for any employer; it can restore workplace morale, uncover the truth about disputes, resolve

Can you get human rights damages when you haven't been discriminated against?

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 3 2013

On April 18, 2013, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario released a decision that will be alarming to employers across the province. In Morgan v

US Safety Manager handed 6 year jail sentence

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • May 1 2013

Several news agencies, including the World Nuclear News, reported last week that a 78 month jail sentence has been received by Walter Cardin, a

Major changes to Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program announced

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 30 2013

The federal government announced yesterday that it is overhauling the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). This follows recent criticism of the

The Charter does not guarantee a right to strike

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 30 2013

For several months, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has been deliberating over whether the right to freedom of association in the Charter of Rights

Arbitrator upholds cause termination of 37-year employee due to safety violations

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 25 2013

In the context of labour arbitrations, long service has often been a factor invoked by arbitrators to mitigate against serious disciplinary

Unprecedented fine for criminal negligence: Court of Appeal reserves judgment in Metron sentence appeal

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 24 2013

As regular readers will know, Metron Construction Corporation became the first corporation in Ontario to be convicted under the Criminal Code, as

Court confirms director's liability for unpaid wages

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 17 2013

The Federal Court has confirmed the importance of timely and effective resignations by directors, and of retaining evidence of when this was tendered