Spiritwood Stockyards (1984) Ltd. has been fined $325,000 after pleading guilty to two violations of Saskatchewan’s Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020. The ruling, handed down on May 14, 2024, …
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SEIU files complaint against Cacadia Liquor over use of replacement workers in B.C.
SEIU Local 2 has filed a legal complaint against Cascadia Liquor, alleging the company violated labour laws by employing replacement workers during an ongoing strike. The complaint, submitted to the …
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Pavages Maska fined $100,000 for big-rigging scheme related to paving contracts in Quebec
Pavages Maska Inc. has been ordered to pay a $100,000 fine for its involvement in a bid-rigging scheme related to paving contracts in the Granby region of Québec. The contracts …
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Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
Oakville Toyota fined $60,000 after worker’s hair caught in vehicle’s drive shaft during servicing
Oakville Toyota has been fined $60,000 following a workplace injury that occurred in February 2022. The penalty was imposed after the company pleaded guilty to charges under the Occupational Health …
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Nurses, health-care professionals at Ontario nursing homes awarded 11.5% wage hike by arbitrator
Registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals working in Ontario’s nursing homes are set to receive an 11.5% salary increase over the next two years. This arbitration decision, announced by the …
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Employer LiabilityWorkplace News
City of Saint John liable to pay victims of accused cop after top court loss
The City of Saint John will have to pay damages in a class-action lawsuit from alleged victims of sex offender and former police officer Kenneth Estabrooks after its appeal was …
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Buckhorn Sand & Gravel fined $200,000 for workplace fatality, injury at limestone quarry
Buckhorn Sand & Gravel Inc., a company based in Trent Lakes, Ont., has been fined $200,000 following a workplace incident that resulted in the death of one worker and critical …
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Construction company, director fined $117,500 for fatal workplace accident in Aylmer, Ont.
VanHeughten Contractors Inc. and its director, Kyle VanHeughten, have been fined a total of $117,500 following the death of a worker who fell from a roof at a construction site. …
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New Brunswickers who get injured on the job will soon get more money to help them get by. The Progressive Conservative government has introduced amendments to the Workers’Compensation Act and …
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Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
Guelph, Ont.-based cabinet maker fined $50,000 following workplace injury
BND Woodworking Inc., a cabinet manufacturing company based in Guelph, Ont., has been fined $50,000 following a workplace accident that resulted in critical injuries to a worker. The incident, which …