Nunavut’s Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) has recommended prosecution of a doctor who repeatedly accessed the medical records of a former employee, violating their privacy in the process. … Free …
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Workplace Legislation/Press Releases
Call for nominations for the 2023 New Brunswick Human Rights Awards
By The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission is accepting nominations for the 2023 New Brunswick Human Rights Award until May 31. The commission presents …
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FeaturedMental HealthPrivacy
Alberta woman awarded workers’ comp for psychological injury caused by employer’s email forwarding
An Alberta woman has been awarded workers’ compensation benefits for psychological injury after her employer forwarded her email to a colleague without her knowledge. The 70-year-old woman was the ma… …
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By DLA Piper DLA Piper (Canada) LLP welcomes back Elise Cartier as an associate to the Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations group in our Calgary office. Elise practices general civil litigation, …
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Legal News
Cozen O’Connor taps litigator Andrea Piercy to lead its Canadian employment law practice expansion
By Cozen O’Connor On March 27, Cozen O’Connor announced attorney Andrea Piercy, a prominent Vancouver-based employment law litigator with more than a decade of experience resolving complex disputes in and out of …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Laurentian University’s response to antisemitic email to Jewish professor was appropriate: Arbitrator
Laurentian University’s overall response to a hateful antisemitic email sent to a Jewish professor by a member of the public was appropriate, an arbitrator has ruled. The professor took issue …
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Workplace Legislation/Press Releases
Ontario engineering regulator lays multiple charges in connection with an unlicensed crane and lifting device safety inspection service in the Kitchener-Waterloo area
By Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) On March 20, 2023, Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), the licensing and regulating body for professional engineering in the province, laid 352 charges against Jay Lawrence Harding (also known …
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AccommodationFeatured
Warehouse supervisor, fired after minor car crash, was not discriminated against: Human rights tribunal
A warehouse supervisor who was involved in a minor car crash, and fired two months later, was not discriminated against because of a disability, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyRecommendedSexual Harassment
GM granted injunction against former worker who has tried to enter Oshawa Assembly Plant 11 times since being fired
General Motors has been granted a court injunction to stop a former worker from trespassing at its assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont. The move came after the worker, employed by …
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FeaturedPrivacy
Apology, privacy training in order after Nunavut health-care worker spilled beans on adoption
A health-care worker who spilled the beans about someone’s decision to adopt a baby should undergo training on privacy, Nunavut’s Information and Privacy Commissioner has ruled. It also recommended th… …