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- Alberta employers: Changes to occupational health and safety legislation take effect on December 1, 2021
A number of significant changes to Alberta’s occupational health and safety legislation that were initially introduced in the fall of […] Read more »
- Employer alert: Ontario issues “stay-at-home” order and new restrictions on businesses
On January 12, 2021, the Government of Ontario declared a new state of emergency, announced a “stay-at-home” order, and imposed […] Read more »
- Ontario employers now legally required to screen employees coming to work – using the government’s “Screening Tool”
Ontario’s “Stage 3” Regulation now requires employers to conduct employee screening for COVID-19 whenever employees come to work, using questions set out […] Read more »
- Constructively Dismissed Due to Workplace Mental Distress? You May Need to Go to the WSIB, not Courts
The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has ordered that an employee’s constructive dismissal lawsuit was barred because it […] Read more »
- Alberta’s joint work site health and safety committee requirements are changing
The Alberta government recently issued some changes to the joint work site health and safety committee (JWSHSC) requirements. The Alberta […] Read more »