An employee who filed a reprisal complaint under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) against her employer, Metro Distribution Inc., faces potential dismissal of her application due to undue …
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Workplace News
Wolf Steel fined $50,000 after worker critically injured in Barrie, Ont., using homemade equipment
Wolf Steel Ltd. has been fined $50,000 after pleading guilty to workplace safety violations that led to a worker’s critical injury at its Barrie manufacturing facility. The incident occurred on …
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FeaturedMental HealthOccupational Health & SafetySexual Harassment
Retail worker whose harassment triggered memories of earlier assault awarded workers’ comp in Ontario
A retail worker who experienced workplace harassment in 2017 has been granted entitlement for a recurrence of a 2014 traumatic mental stress injury, along with recognition of permanent impairment and …
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FeaturedMental HealthWrongful Dismissal
WSIAT gives green light to civil claim seeking mental distress damages for manner of termination
A workplace safety tribunal has ruled that an employee’s claims for mental distress damages arising from the manner of her termination are not barred by workers’ compensation legislation, allowing her… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitration awards Bruce County paramedics pay bump for stat holidays not worked in Ontario
An interest arbitration board has ordered Bruce County to pay paramedics 12 hours of pay instead of eight hours for statutory holidays not worked, aligning with comparable employers in southwestern …
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FeaturedLegal NewsProfessional Misconduct
Ontario lawyer’s licence revoked after years of misleading clients
An Ontario lawyer who repeatedly lied to clients about the status of their cases and created fictitious documents had his licence revoked by the Law Society Tribunal after it rejected …
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FeaturedLegal NewsWrongful Dismissal
Professional partnership contracts come under scrutiny in Ontario court case
An Ontario court has ruled in favour of allowing a lawyer and his professional corporation to pursue claims against both a law firm and its individual partners in a dispute …
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The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a complaint from a former research associate at the University of Toronto, finding no factual link between the applicant’s age and his …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Charter challenge dismissed in safety inspection case following worker injury in Brantford, Ont.
An Ontario court has rejected a Charter challenge brought by The Econo-Rack Group Inc., operating as Konstant Manufacturing, ruling that a Ministry of Labour inspector did not violate the company’s …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedJust Cause
Arbitrator upholds discharge of millwright who breached last chance agreement at Maple Leaf Foods
An Ontario labour arbitrator has upheld the dismissal of a long-serving millwright at Maple Leaf Foods Inc. after finding that he violated a binding last chance agreement (LCA) in three …