Jeremy Schwartz of Stringer LLP recently sat on a panel of industry leaders and experts for Manufacturing AUTOMATION’s Fourth Annual Machine Safety…

One of the most vexing and controversial legal issues confronting safety professionals is the question of whether employers can be…

Ryan Conlin and Jeremy Schwartz discuss a landmark WSIAT decision which held sections of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act…

In a decision that will surely draw attention across the country, the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal has awarded an employee 5 years…

The integration of workplace violence and harassment protections into occupational health and safety legislation has been a theme in Canada…

Date: September 8, 2023 A New Brunswick court has rejected a supervisor’s attempt to blame his criminal non-compliance with OHS…

Jeremy Schwartz discusses a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision that upheld a landmark retroactive loss of earnings award from…

Ryan Conlin discusses the potentially watershed decision in R. v. Roofing Medics, in which the court commented that more personal…

In a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s ruling that a citizen’s harassing behaviour toward…

Perhaps now more than ever before, the lawyers at Stringer LLP have been deeply engaged, supporting clients who face significant,…

In Thompson v. 1552754 Ontario Inc., the applicant was employed as a counter person at the respondent’s coffee shop. The applicant…

When is an owner also an “employee”?  The Supreme Court of Canada recently rendered a decision on the question of…

By Ryan Conlin and Jeremy Schwartz Can a supervisor be found criminally negligent when he knowingly allows a worker to…

Most employers are likely familiar with the WSIB return to work process which often involves a WSIB employee attending at…

Jeremy Schwartz discusses a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision that upheld a landmark retroactive loss of earnings award from…