On November 22, 2013, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (“the Board”) released its decision in the Ljuboja v. The Aim Group Inc. and General Motors of Canada Limited, (“AIM”). While the decision itself was narrowly focused, adjudicating a preliminary motion to seek dismissal of an application alleging a reprisal under the Ontario Occupational Health and…
Your organization considers workplace health and safety important. Steps are taken to ensure that work is performed in compliance with health and safety laws, industry standards and best practices. In that regard, the organization conducts workplace hazard assessments, implements measures and procedures to address the hazards identified in the assessments, provides workers and supervisors with relevant health and…
Today, Metron Construction Corporation, the first corporation convicted in Ontario under the Criminal Code as amended by Bill C-45 in 2004, was fined $200,000 following it’s June 15, 2012, guilty plea to a charge of criminal negligence causing death. It’s president was also fined $90,000 after pleading guilty to four charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The…
As we detailed in our blog posting on June 15, 2012, Metron Construction Corporation and its President both entered guilty pleas to charges stemming from a December 24, 2009, accident that claimed the lives of four workers and seriously injured another. Metron pleaded guilty to one count of criminal negligence causing death while its President…
A skier suffers a broken arm. A student is knocked unconscious during a physical education class. A patient dies while in hospital. Aside from being sad and unfortunate events, incidents such as these are generally not seen as attracting an obligation to report the matter to health and safety authorities. That is no longer the case…