By: Ryan Conlin and Amanda Boyce Employers across the province are likely aware that they have a duty to take…

Allison discusses the difference between a valid and invalid resignation

By: Ryan Conlin The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (“WSIB” or the “Board”) has now issued public guidance about how…

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

The law on addiction has evolved over the years in arbitral jurisprudence.  Earlier decisions treated illness as a mitigating factor…

As offences under the Occupational Health and Safety Act garner an increasing amount of public attention, the penalties to which employers, supervisors…

In Sterling v Wendy’s Restaurant, the applicants (a former Wendy’s employee and his wife), named 14 personal respondents, who were members…

B.C. Premier John Horgan announced earlier this month that the province will reinstate its Human Rights Commission. Like Ontario, B.C. currently has…

Jessica Young explains the inherent risks associated with “encouraging” employees to retire.

Obese Resident Awarded Preferred Parking Space – Jeremy D. Schwartz

By: Jeremy Schwartz The Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) has quashed an arbitration award which upheld a just cause termination. …

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WSIB Experience Rating Retrofit – Ryan Conlin

The tragic deaths of four workers at a Toronto construction site on December 24, 2009 quickly became one of the…

By: Ryan J. Conlin The Ontario Court of Appeal has sent a clear message that employers convicted of criminal negligence can expect…