Human Resources and Health & Safety Articles

Our Firm will review the package to ensure fairness. See the top 10 reasons to review a severance package: 1. The Severance Payment: If an employee is already entitled to

I think of Mediation as having five distinct phases, but it is not unusual to cycle back and forth between these different elements throughout the process. It is not linear,

Mandatory for all Workplaces Covered by OHSA The Ontario Ministry of Labour says, on its website, that the training will be mandatory for all workplaces currently covered by the Occupational

An agreement to collaborate on implementing the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labelling — along with any future developments of the GHS — has been signed between the

 A unilaterally imposed policy mandating random alcohol testing with disciplinary consequences for either a failure to take the test or for a positive test result is unjustified — even in a

Seeing that occupational fatalities caused by falls remain a serious public health problem, identifying fall hazards and ensuring that all fall protection equipment is inspected prior to each use is

Workplace violence can include anything from physical attacks to assaults, from written threats to bullying and harassment. Violence is the act or attempt to cause injury or abuse, maybe physical

The Ministry of Labour prosecutes persons, including corporations, for violations of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) and its regulations to ensure compliance and to deter non-compliance. Prosecutions Initiated by Fiscal

In February and March 2013, ministry inspectors conducted 285 visits to 221 workplaces and issued 307 orders under the OHSA, including one stop work order. Most of the workplaces were

Section 25(2)(j) of the Occupational health and Safety act states that employers in Ontario shall ensure they prepare and review a written occupational health and safety policy, and develop and