Mental health and workplace accommodation
Employees' mental health continues to be a critical issue faced by employers with at least 500,000 Canadians absent from work every week as a result of a mental illness.
Occupational Health & Safety Act
Vaccinations and the workplace
With the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccines being administered in Canada, there is much chatter amongst employers and employees alike on whether an employer can make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory.
Ontario Court of Appeal says “moral blameworthiness” a factor in sentencing for Occupational Health and Safety Act offences
In the recent decision in Ontario (Labour) v New Mex Canada Inc., the Ontario Court of Appeal found that it may be appropriate to impose harsher sentences for offences under the Occupational Health and Safety Act where offenders’ conduct shows elevated “moral blameworthiness”.
