Bill C-45 Criminal Negligence
See R. c. Transpavé inc. 2008 QCCQ 1598, for a $100,000 fine against an employer for criminal negligence in the workplace.
Category: Employment Law
Employer Liabiltiy for Workplace Accident
The case of R. v. Dofasco Inc., 2007 ONCA 769, is a succinct read on employer liability for workplace accidents. The case concerns Dofasco's failure to ensure the statutorily mandated placement of a guard on a piece of steel rolling…
Testing for Ethanol Impairment
While we are on the issue of drug testing, the Supreme Court of Canada has come out with a very important decision dealing with evidence to the contrary in impaired driving cases, R. v. Gibson, 2008 SCC 16. The case…
Imperial Oil Random Drug Testing
Last year I had referred to Arbitrator Picher's decision on Imperial Oil's drug testing policy that ruled that random testing for cannabis impairment using a mouth swab was not acceptable. The review of that decsion has now made its way…
Non-Statutory Professional Associations
There are two main types of professional associations. Those that exist on the basis of legislation and those that exist on some other basis. Usually there is a Society Act and series of bylaws that dictate internal conduct in the…