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By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read June 11, 2019

New Environmental Emergency Regulations

The new Environmental Emergency Regulations apply to a responsible person that owns or has the charge, management or control of any of the 249 listed hazardous substances located at any fixed land-based facility in Canada.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting / environmental emergency plan, Environmental Emergency Regulations, environmental matters, hazardous substances

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 2 Minutes Read October 13, 2010

Upcoming Ontario employment law related changes

On October 5, 2010, the Ontario government introduced Bill 110, the Good Government Act, 2010, an omnibus bill that, if passed, would amend various pieces of legislation, including the Employment Standards Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. The changes include general housekeeping measures, as well as some technical improvements and modernization measures. Specifically, regarding the employment law related changes, schedule 7 of Bill 110 makes the following key changes...

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employment Standards, Health and Safety / accident reporting, Bill 110, canadian employment law, compensation for non-economic loss benefit, disclosure, employment law, employment standards act, Good Government Act, hazardous substances, loss of retirement income, material safety data sheets, MSDS, occupational health and safety act, omnibus bill, ontario, overtime, safety data sheets, work week, workplace injury report, Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, workweek

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, Ph.D. | 2 Minutes Read July 9, 2010

All this hot, humid and smoggy air outside… but what about indoor air quality?

The last few days have been quite hot and muggy. Those without air conditioning at home are especially grateful that they can retreat inside their air-conditioned workplaces for at least most of the day; but what is the air quality inside these areas?

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, Ph.D. / Health and Safety / air, air quality, chemicals, environmental sensitivities, foreign substances, hazardous substances, health and safety, indoor air, indoor air quality, occupational health and safety, smoke

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