Several news agencies, including the World Nuclear News, reported last week that a 78 month jail sentence has been received by Walter Cardin, a former Safety Manager, for deliberately falsifying workplace injury records. Cardin was previously employed by a subsidiary of Shaw Group, Stone and Webster Construction. Stone and Webster had been contracted by the Tennessee…
One key recommendation of the Dean Panel, which diligent readers will recall from the 80 page report and 46 recommendations released December 2010, was proposed mandatory OHS training for a number of workplace parties. Dean’s recommendations to reform Ontario’s OHS system raised the concern that health and safety representatives, workers and supervisors are not adequately…
There are increasing calls for governments to use regulatory legislation to require employers to provide employees with a psychologically safe workplace. The most recent development in this regard comes from the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) through a Standard prepared by it and the Bureau de normalisation du Québec. The Standard has been available in draft form…
The tragic death of four workers falling on a construction site on Christmas Eve 2009 in Toronto, Ontario garnered nationwide media attention and quickly became known as one of the highest profile workplace accidents in Ontario, if not Canadian history. The accident spurred a historic, comprehensive review of Ontario’s occupational health and safety system and led to…
Heenan Blaikie’s Ontario Labour & Employment group is pleased to announce its 2012 Managing the Workplace Seminars. This year, we will be hosting 12 breakfast seminars on a broad range of labour and employment issues. All seminars are complimentary for clients and friends of the firm and are available in person in the Toronto office,…