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Ontario’s New Mandatory OHS Awareness Training: What’s Required and How to Comply?

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…

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WSIAT: “Unfair” to calculate average earnings of injured worker by taking into account non-earning period that was due to voluntary quit

When a worker suffers a compensable workplace accident, the level of benefits he or she receives under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997  (“WSIA”) depends on a calculation of the worker’s “average earnings”. The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (“WSIB”) determines average earnings by taking into account a number of factors set out under…

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OHSA Injury Reporting: Ontario Court of Appeal hears Blue Mountain Appeal

The full scope of injury reporting requirements under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA“) is now one step closer to being clarified. In our May 2011 Occupational Health and Safety and Worker’s Compensation Newsletter, we reviewed and commented on the Ontario Divisional Courts’ ruling in Blue Mountain Resorts Limited v. Ontario (The Ministry of…

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