SSEC Canada Ltd., the Canadian subsidiary of Sinopec Shanghai Engineering, has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in relation to a workplace accident that killed two foreign nationals and injured three others in Alberta. The fine is widely being reported as the largest fine imposed for a workplace accident in Alberta. According to an agreed statement…
On Friday, February 1, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its highly-anticipated pension decision in the Re Indalex Limited case, one that could have potentially far-reaching implications for lending transactions.
Faced with a mounting inbox and no relief in sight, some employees may joke about paying someone to do their work. Well, one enterprising web developer recently did just that. “Bob” (the moniker given to the still anonymous employee by investigators) outsourced his work to a Chinese company for 1/5 of his annual salary. Bob…
The final version of the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace has been released by the Canadian Standards Association, the Bureau de normalisation du Québec, and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. The Standard is currently available online free of charge. The Standard is intended to promote psychological health and safety…
Dans une décision rendue aux petites heures du matin vendredi dernier, le président de la Commission des relations de travail de l’Ontario (« CRTO »), Bernard Fishbein, a tranché que les manifestations politiques que planifiait la Fédération des enseignantes et des enseignants de l’élémentaire de l’Ontario (« FEEO ») étaient illicites. Le président de la…