A new and surprisingly complex Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Standard may be arriving at and impacting your workplace soon. A proposed Standard has been developed, setting out optimistic goals and processes for achieving “psychological health and safety” in the workplace. Policies, procedures, hazard identification, incident investigation and monitoring activities may be required, in addition to…
On January 19th Heenan Blaikie hosted its first Managing the Workplace seminar of 2012 in our Toronto office. For the Complying with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA): Who, What, Where, When, How and Why? seminar, we distributed a few helpful guides to the AODA to our seminar attendees and they are now available under…
The Canada Revenue Agency has changed the way that it treats lump sum payments to retirees and employees in lieu of benefit coverage upon the cancellation of private health services plans. The Canada Revenue Agency had previously treated these lump sum payments as “advance reimbursements of medical expenses” and therefore, employers were not required to…
Yesterday the Ontario Court of Appeal released an interesting decision about whether Ontario law recognizes the right to bring a civil action for damages for the invasion of personal privacy. In brief: The plaintiff alleged an intrusion; Into his most precious seclusion; It went to the Court; They made it a tort; Clearly privacy’s not an illusion….
What began as a love story turned into a legal battle with a surprising outcome: the Ontario Court of Appeal has now recognized the tort of invasion of personal privacy. After 120 years of academic debate, it is now possible to sue for damages in connection with a breach of privacy. Employers may want to…