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…
A recent decision from the Federal Court of Australia, Comcare v PVYW, upheld a decision from a judge granting benefits to a worker who was injured while having an affair during a business trip. The worker was sent out of town to observe the budgeting process of a local agency and was staying in a…
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…
In Davies v. Honda of Canada Mfg, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (“OLRB”) recently clarified what will not constitute acts of reprisal under s. 50 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”). An employee complained that he was not returned to work safely and consequently, faced a loss of work and income. The employee…
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…