Occupational Health & Safety

By Isaac Phan Nay | The Tyee More than 12 years after a B.C. construction worker was killed on the job, his employer and the foreman for the work crew are on trial …

The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of a construction site supervisor for criminal negligence causing the death of an 18-year-old worker at a Fredericton construction site. …

Two Calgary construction companies were fined $168,000 each for violations of Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act following a workplace incident that left a worker with severe injuries. The …

A British Columbia court has dismissed a worker’s attempt to overturn a WorkSafeBC decision that deemed her employer’s followup investigation into a mobbing complaint sufficient and decided no penalti… Free …

A Drayton, Ont., agricultural and recycling company has been fined $175,000 after a worker was critically injured in an industrial accident. Marvara Farms Ltd. pleaded guilty to violating the Occupational …

An Elections Canada worker engaged in a frivolous work refusal related to COVID-19, the Federal Court has ruled — upholding an earlier decision by Employment and Social Development Canada’s (ESDC) …

A mining company that contracted out truck maintenance has been ordered by the British Columbia Environmental Appeal Board to pay an administrative monetary penalty of $140,000 after a serious wheel …

An Ontario court has tossed out an amended statement of claim filed by nearly 500 plaintiffs against 54 health care entities alongside the Government of Ontario and several of its …

The New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development violated its duty to enforce workplace safety measures, resulting in repeated physical harm to school staff at the hands of …

A long-serving worker at a pulp mill in British Columbia has been awarded nearly two years’ back pay after he was suspended — and not accommodated in a suitable position …