Human Resources and Health & Safety Articles

The firm is focused on working with employers to understand their business objectives and providing effective solutions to their employment law issues. We provide legal representation before the Human Rights,

Commissioners of oaths are persons who are empowered under provincial legislation to administer and witness the swearing of oaths or solemn affirmations in the taking of an affidavit for any potential

Employers who have bona fide reasons for dismissing an employee should avoid using “not the right fit”. They should also show up at Ontario Labour Relations Board hearings. An employee who was

Jeff is asked by his boss Adela what time he came into work that morning and what time he left the night before.  Is this harassment? The Treasury Board of

Province-wide workplace inspection blitzes: 2015-2016 Focus Program Sector/Business Type Date Precarious Employment Employment Standards Janitorial, Security, Business Services, Fitness and Recreation Centres, Amusement, Recreation Industries May – July 2015 Struck By Hazards Health

As of April 1, 2015, employers must ensure that certain workers complete a working at heights training program that has been approved by the Chief Prevention Officer and delivered by

The Ontario Ministry of Labour (“MOL”) started the new year off by obtaining convictions in three high-profile workplace fatality prosecutions. In late 2012 at Parmalat Canada Inc., a worker was

An Ontario court has ordered two corporate directors to serve 25 days in jail for failing to take reasonable care to ensure that their company, New Mex Canada Inc., complied

A supervisor with an asbestos abatement company, and his employer, have pleaded guilty to charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and were fined, after workers were exposed to asbestos

Employers who have bona fide reasons for dismissing an employee should avoid using “not the right fit”. They should also show up at Ontario Labour Relations Board hearings. An employee who was