Occupational Health & Safety

A worker’s attempt to challenge his layoff on the grounds of safety concerns came to a definitive end as the Alberta Labour Relations Board dismissed the appeal, citing abandonment in …

HVR Construction Ltd. has been fined $95,000 after pleading guilty to violations of Saskatchewan’s Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020, following an incident that left two workers seriously injured. The …

A flooring company based in Cambridge, Ont,, has been fined $70,000 after a worker was critically injured due to carbon monoxide exposure at a London construction site. BNE Concrete Floors …

The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) has issued a mixed ruling in a case involving Walmart Canada and one of its former workers. The Tribunal barred his …

The Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation has denied a worker’s appeal to increase his compensation rate by including earnings from his concurrent self-employment after he refused to pr… Free …

A former heavy equipment operator for the Yukon Department of Highways and Public Works, who was declared a vexatious litigant in a 2018, has lost her bid to have her …

Braya Renewable Fuels (Newfoundland) GP Inc. and Lorneville Mechanical Contractors Ltd. have been charged under Newfoundland and Labrador’s Occupational Health and Safety Act following a fatal explosion and fire at …

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. …

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 …

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 …