The regulation enabling Ontario’s new mandatory OHS awareness and training scheme went live on Friday, November 22, 2013. Ontario Regulation No. 297/13 (Occupational Health and Safety Awareness and Training) (the “Regulation”) requires employers covered by the Occupational Health and Safety Act (the “OHSA”) to ensure that all workers and supervisors complete a basic OHS awareness training…
By: Cheryl Edwards and Daniel Mayer For readers following the progress of ever-expanding OHS statutory obligations relating to violence and harassment, there is a new development worth note in B.C. Most Canadian jurisdictions have now defined workplace violence as a hazard and set out obligations such as requirements for policies, risk assessments, training and other…
On Saturday September 21, al-Shabaab, a Somali militant group affiliated with al-Qaeda, stormed and sieged the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. The Westgate Mall is an upscale shopping complex known to be patronized by tourists and expatriates.[i] In the attack, more than 60 individuals were killed and approximately 150 persons were injured.[ii] Many non-Kenyans are…
By: Jeremy Warning and Daniel Mayer Today, the Court of Appeal for Ontario fined Metron Construction Corporation $750,000 for the Criminal Code offence of criminal negligence causing death. The penalty was issued as part of a detailed decision allowing a Crown appeal of the fine of $200,000 originally imposed on Metron following its July 13, 2012,…
As our regular readers know, the Ministry of Labour is currently drafting a new regulation that will require mandatory occupational health and safety awareness training for all workers and supervisors in Ontario. This arises from a strong recommendation made by the Dean Panel that all workers and supervisors receive prescribed minimum information on their duties…