A Quebec-based manufacturing company, MTCA Inc., has been fined $70,000 after a serious workplace injury involving a forklift. The incident occurred at the company’s tote washing facility in Guelph, Ont. …
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A Manitoba company has been fined $25,000 after a worker was seriously injured after being crushed by tires. On May 17, 2021, a forklift operator at K-Tech Earthmovers began unloading …
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Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
Saskatchewan municipality fined $150,000 after worker injured by mower
The Village of Laird in Saskatchewan has been fined $150,000 after it pleaded guilty in court to two violations of the province’s health and safety legislation. The charges stemmed from …
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Employment ContractsFeaturedSmall Claims Court
‘You’re hired. Just kidding’ – Rescinded job offer costs B.C. employer
An employer that made a job offer to a candidate, only to rescind it two weeks later before he started, has been ordered to pay nearly $2,000 by the Civil …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Former bakery worker’s claim against Kraft, Mondelēz crumbles after four-year delay
An application for judicial review, brought by a former unionized employee of Kraft Canada nearly four years after the original decision, has been dismissed by the Ontario Superior Court of …
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Workplace News
Greenhouse manufacturer in Leamington, Ont., fined $65,000 after worker injured in trench collapse
South Essex Fabricating Inc., a fabricator of commercial greenhouse structures and pre-engineered buildings, has been fined $65,000 following a workplace incident that left a worker critically injured. The penalty was …
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Carolyn Alexander has joined Willis Business Law in Windsor, Ont., as an associate. “We’re thrilled to welcome Carolyn Alexander to our Labour and Employment team,” the firm said in a …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
N.L.’s privacy commissioner backs decision to protect witness confidentiality in workplace accident case
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Information and Privacy Commissioner has ruled that the Department of Digital Government and Service NL was right to withhold witness statements from an injured worker who … …
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AccommodationFeatured
Preference versus need: Worker’s family status discrimination complaint dismissed
A single mother and former residential support worker at Family Options Inc. has had her family status discrimination application dismissed by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO). The worker,… …
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Age, race discrimination claims against Leon’s Furniture from 73-year-old sales rep dismissed by HRTO
A 73-year-old sales associate who alleged age, race, and ethnic discrimination against Leon’s Furniture has had his complaint dismissed by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. N.H., who was employed… …

