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- Common Pitfalls When Performing Occupational Health and Safety Workplace Incident Investigations
From ergonomic complaints to fatalities, workplaces inevitably face accidents and other safety incidents. Employers rely on effective investigations to respond to these incidents. Occupational health and safety legislation often also requires employers to investigate, either explicitly or implicitly … Read more »
- From Badges to Biometrics: What Employers Need to Know About Employee Monitoring in Canada and the US (Video Chat)
Employee monitoring tools — badge and access logs, video surveillance, productivity and activity tracking, and even biometrics — can strengthen security and operations, but they also create real privacy, employment, and (in some cases) criminal-law risk. In this installment of Baker McKenzie’s In Fo … Read more »
- Modernizing Quebec’s Occupational Health and Safety Regime: Key Employer Obligations in 2026
Special thanks to our articling student Rana Aly for contributing to this update.Quebec’s multi‑year modernization of its occupational health and safety (OHS) system reached full implementation in late 2025. There are permanent prevention and participation mechanisms under the Act to Modernize the O … Read more »
- North America Employment Partner Inducted as Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
George Avraam, a distinguished trial and appellate litigation partner in the Firm’s Toronto office, has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), one of the most selective and prestigious honors in the legal profession.Invitation to fellowship in the ACTL is extended … Read more »
- Employee Monitoring in Canada: What Employers Need to Know
Special thanks to our articling student Rana Aly for contributing to this update.Employers monitoring their employees in the workplace should be cognizant of their obligations under employment and data privacy laws. This article provides a primer on legal requirements for employee monitoring in Cana … Read more »